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# Software Engineer, Imagine Product

- **Company:** Space X
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Data Processing, Real Time Systems, Grafana, Containerization, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3496629663&tx=KL8787FFR&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping user-facing products, * Experience with real-time systems, inference serving, or multi-modal data processing at scale
 * Familiarity with distributed systems, containerization (e.g., Kubernetes), observability tools, or performance tuning for AI workloads
 * Background in AI-driven consumer products or media generation technologies
 * Track record collaborating across engineering, research, and product teams to ship delightful features quickly
 * Proficiency in Python or Rust, with a strong track record of writing clean, efficient, maintainable, and scalable code
 * Experience designing and building systems for consumer-facing products, with emphasis on performance, reliability, and handling high-throughput workloads
 * Hands-on expertise in large-scale data infrastructure and pipelines, particularly for multi-modal or media-heavy AI applications
 * Proven ability to deliver robust, production-grade solutions to millions of users while maintaining high standards of quality and uptime
 * Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for turning innovative ideas into high-impact, scalable realities
 * Deep enthusiasm for AI and media technologies, with a commitment to building user-focused products that inspire and engage

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 * Onsite role: must be able to work in person at our office locations in Palo Alto, San Francisco, or New York

## Description

* Design and implement scalable systems to support Grok's AI-driven media experiences, ensuring high performance, reliability, and low-latency at global scale
 * Architect robust infrastructure for real-time multi-modal interactions, including handling generation requests, media processing, and seamless integration with frontend and model serving layers
 * Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines to ingest, process, and analyze multi-modal data (images, video, audio), fueling continuous improvement and personalization of Grok's media capabilities
 * Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, AI researchers, and product teams to deliver captivating, media-rich features and end-to-end user experiences
 * Own full-cycle development of solutions: from system design and prototyping to deployment, monitoring, observability, and iterative refinement
 * Deliver production-ready, maintainable code that powers features reaching hundreds of millions of users