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# Software Engineer - Search Ranking

- **Company:** Space X
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Stores, Python (Programming Language), Search Engines, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/a7ca52c9-462f-4ac6-b1da-64d6501ef055/software-engineer-search-ranking

## About the Role

* Tech Stack: Python, Go, Rust
 * Have worked with vector databases, search indices, or similar data stores for search applications
 * Have worked on large-scale search systems
 * Have deep experience building or working with production ML systems
 * Take full ownership of problems and learn whatever you need to solve them
 * Can move quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines

## Description

The X Search team is responsible for building and operating the core search engine that powers discovery on X. We own the full end-to-end search stack - from real-time retrieval and indexing to ranking and the end-user search experience., * Build search and retrieval algorithms that scale to millions of users

 * Build and operate large scale search engine and search infrastructure
 * Train state of the art ML ranking models
 * Integrate Grok in search systems and products