Software Engineer, New Grad 2027

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New York, United StatesFresher1h agovia LinkedIn

About the Role

We're hiring new grad engineers to join SpaceXAI software engineering teams. You'll own real product work on the surfaces our users live in every day: Grok Bot, Cloud Agents, and Cursor, and the systems underneath. You will design, build, and ship delightful and bulletproof products and systems that engineers love to use every day. This role values a strong attention to details, first principles reasoning, and great taste. That means picking up concrete problems, driving them end to end (UI through a bit of backend when needed), and raising the bar on taste and correctness while you move fast. You'll work alongside a small, talent-dense team with high ownership and little hierarchy. Strong fundamentals matter. So does judgment about when to use AI tools as leverage without giving up correctness.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own real product work on surfaces like Grok Bot, Cloud Agents, and Cursor.
  • Design, build, and ship products and systems.
  • Drive concrete problems end to end, from UI through backend.
  • Raise the bar on taste and correctness while moving fast.

Qualifications

  • Graduating in Spring 2027 in CS, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Have already built something great: an app, OSS, or shipped product that can be opened and reviewed (required).
  • Blend strong engineering with AI tools as leverage without giving up correctness.
  • Learn fast, take ownership, and have already done something meaningfully hard early (internships or equivalent industry experience welcome).

Sample Projects Include

  • Adding a small UI improvement so AI-generated code or PRs are easier to read and review.
  • Turning a teammate’s rough idea into a working prototype over a few days, then iterating based on feedback.
  • Shipping a contained feature (frontend + a bit of backend), then fixing bugs and making it feel smoother after people use it.

Applying

  • In your application, please share an example of an exceptional technical project or product feature you've built that best demonstrates your technical capabilities (GitHub, live app, OSS, or shipped product).
  • If there appears to be a fit, we will reach out to schedule 2–3 short technicals.
  • After technicals, we will schedule an onsite in our office, where you will work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.

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