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Software Engineer, Observability (Supercompute)

xAI · Memphis, TN

Posted Oct 22, 2026

Est. total comp~$201K–$317K

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, OBSERVABILITY (SUPERCOMPUTE)

The Supercompute Observability Software team owns keeping our supercompute centers running reliably at the unprecedented scale required for frontier AI training and inference by building software systems and platforms to automatically predict, monitor, and rapidly respond to changing operational conditions and incidents. Our clusters are large, heterogeneous, and always on - the team makes them observable and keeps them running: we build the infrastructure that lets engineers and technicians expedite and automate their day to day, speeding node remediation and increasing overall GPU uptime. …

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Required 5 items

Skills and tools: Python, C++, Java, Rust

Other: Shift, weekend or overtime work

Preferred 9 items

  • 3y

Education: Bachelor's degree

Experience: 3+ years of experience

Skills and tools: JavaScript, SCADA, Git, Kubernetes, Docker, React

Other: On-site work

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