Staff AI Media Systems Engineer – Real-Time, Multi-Modal

SpaceX Super Intelligence; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

SpaceXSI is building a high-performance platform to power immersive AI-driven media experiences at global scale. You will design scalable systems for multi-modal content, optimize data pipelines, and collaborate across frontend, research, and product teams to ship features used by millions of users.

The role focuses on production-grade infrastructure, low-latency delivery, and robust systems engineering for consumer AI products.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python or Rust, with a track record of scalable code.
• Deep enthusiasm for AI and media technologies, with user-focused product mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable systems for AI-driven media experiences with low latency at global scale.
• Architect infrastructure for real-time multi-modal interactions and model serving layers.
• Build and optimize data pipelines for multi-modal data (images, video, audio).
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, researchers, and product teams to deliver media-rich features.
• Own full-cycle development from design to deployment, monitoring and refinement.
• Deliver production-ready code powering features used by hundreds of millions.

Skills

Strong problem solving

AI enthusiasm

Tools

Python

Rust

Kubernetes

Observability tools

Job description

SpaceXSI is building a high-performance platform to power immersive AI-driven media experiences at global scale. You will design scalable systems for multi-modal content, optimize data pipelines, and collaborate across frontend, research, and product teams to ship features used by millions of users.

The role focuses on production-grade infrastructure, low-latency delivery, and robust systems engineering for consumer AI products.