# Software Engineer, Data

**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $240k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 1+ years
**Skills:** Python, Rust, Java, Kubernetes, Ray, Postgres, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Grafana, Superset
**Posted:** 2026-04-29

> Build scalable data platforms for AI model training pipelines, including acquisition, preparation, quality evaluation, and delivery. Collaborate with ML and data engineers; requires 1+ years software experience and strong coding in Python/Rust/etc.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform to orchestrate data acquisition, preparation, training, quality evaluation, and delivery for model training
- Create new features such as data lineage, visibility, and monitoring for end-to-end training that improve the quality of the data and model performance
- Collaborate with peers on architecture, design, and code reviews
- Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
- Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

## Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of experience in application development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science

## Preferred Skills and Experience
- Programming experience in Python, Rust, Java, C#, Scala, Go or similar languages
- Frontend experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript frameworks
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
- Experience with Ray, AI training and orchestration
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases, data lakes e.g. PostgreSQL, Iceberg, Clickhouse, or similar
- Experience with data exploration tools like Grafana, Superset, or similar
- Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring
- Good understanding of statistics, machine learning algorithms and frameworks

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual Salary Range: $240,000 - $280,000 USD
- Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks

## Similar roles

- [Data Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/021ceadb-52cb-4531-a39c-1ad0d4112b59) - xAI - Palo Alto, CA - $240k – $280k/yr
- [Software Engineer - Data Movement Platform](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/d0023405-2358-4759-829b-421383a99e11) - Reddit - Remote - $164k – $230k/yr
- [Software Engineer, Data Platform](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/6093a137-ce0a-48bf-ac92-33bcc90730d7) - Nuro - Mountain View, CA - $160k – $241k/yr
- [Analytics Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f5dc6ed9-95dd-445b-a9ee-65707adcdefc) - Coinbase - Remote - $152k – $179k/yr
- [Data Science Engineer, Analytics](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/98f22e3e-729b-428c-9943-4174c1e2dcff) - Turquoise Health - Remote - $145k – $160k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/92624cb0-7074-4fd3-94db-b6f65aa61db9
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/92624cb0-7074-4fd3-94db-b6f65aa61db9