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Machine Learning Engineer, Ads
Palo Alto, CA
Open 6 months, first seen by us 204 days ago- Pay
USD 180,000–440,000/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $180,000 - $440,000 USD Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, 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.
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What you’ll work on
Full postingOwn and operate systems and products, driving the majority of revenue
From the employer’s posting
Leverage the latest Grok models to power all stages of our advertising stack, from candidate selection to ranking, auction, campaign optimization, creative generation, and advertiser experience Own and operate systems and products, driving the majority of revenue BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale, high-throughput AI-powered advertising products
Qualification wording
3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale, high-throughput AI-powered advertising products
Benefits in the posting
Full benefits wording- Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, 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.
From the employer’s posting.
Posting record
Report an errorOpen 6 monthsWe first saw this posting 204 days ago and it is still up. Roles open this long are often slow to fill or kept open to collect applications.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Apr 14, 2026204 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 294
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 204
Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 69.
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SpaceXSI is hiring
10 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Hiring has slowed
- Its jobs tend to stay up a long time
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About the role
We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.
Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.
A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.
US government figures for computer and information research scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $140,300
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.
Job description
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER, ADS
We’re looking for exceptional engineers who want to join us on a new project to integrate Grok into all parts of our Ads Platform. We’re looking for individuals who have built exceptional advertising products and systems at a massive scale across bidding, auction, marketplace, ranking, prediction, and product. We’re bringing SpaceXSI's technology stack to Ads Platform and using it to transform our advertising stack.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Leverage the latest Grok models to power all stages of our advertising stack, from candidate selection to ranking, auction, campaign optimization, creative generation, and advertiser experience
- Own and operate systems and products, driving the majority of revenue
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale, high-throughput AI-powered advertising products
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
$180,000 - $440,000 USD
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, 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.
SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $180,000 - $440,000 USD Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, 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.
- Location & working pattern
Palo Alto, CA
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