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Software Engineer, Observability

SpaceXAI · Palo Alto, CA

Posted about 3 months ago · $180,000 - $440,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
87 days
SpaceXAI's roles stay open a median of 87 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
32% of SpaceXAI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at SpaceXAI
high
258 stale, 5 reposted of 258 open
Hiring momentum
339 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-29

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SpaceXAI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SpaceXAI.

About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Observability team at SpaceX, you will design and implement scalable infrastructure for monitoring and debugging systems. Your role involves building telemetry pipelines, developing APIs and UIs for real-time insights, and ensuring the reliability and performance of the observability stack. You will also collaborate with other teams to integrate observability into internal platforms and enforce best practices across the company.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SpaceXAI as an employer.

What you need

  • Production-level proficiency in Go, Rust, Scala, or similar languages
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and telemetry architecture
  • Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale
  • Familiarity with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, or ClickHouse
  • Experience with Kafka, Redis, or large-scale time series databases
  • Experience operating observability pipelines in Kubernetes or similar orchestration environments

What you get

  • $180,000 - $440,000 USD
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short & long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance

Worth weighing

  • High-performance telemetry pipelines imply a need for strong engineering skills in a fast-paced environment
  • The role involves ownership of critical systems, which may require a high level of accountability and pressure

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Listed by SpaceXAI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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