Software Engineer, Storage

The role

You will own the data layer including databases, caches, and provisioning strategies. You will design and execute a multi-database topology to support SpaceXSI growth.

What you will do

• Design the next-generation data architecture
• Build query attribution and guardrails
• Define the when to use what strategy for data stores
• Own cache infrastructure end-to-end

Required qualifications

• Experience with relational databases at scale (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, or similar OLTP systems)
• Experience building and scaling databases or data infrastructure
• Understanding of database performance, reliability, and caching

Nice to have

• Experience tackling database sharding, migration, or decomposition problems in production environments
• Understand the tradeoffs between different storage engines and can help teams make the right choices for their workloads
• Care about operational excellence: backups, monitoring, query performance, and capacity planning are things you think about proactively
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and enjoying building systems that other engineers depend on

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Various other discounts and perks

Before you apply

• If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach out to schedule 2-3 short technicals
• After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. They are building the full Super Intelligence stack from Colossus supercomputers to Grok models and applications.