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Software Engineer

xAIPalo Alto, CA +1

Develop core networking software including routing, traffic engineering, and real-time switch software for xAI's Colossus GPU cluster. Requires strong C/C++ experience and knowledge of high-performance networking and distributed systems.

180k – 440k/yr
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering
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Member of Technical Staff - X Money

xAINew York, NY +1

Software Engineer on X Money team building scalable backend microservices and full-stack features for a global payment network serving 600M+ users. Requires 2+ years in large-scale consumer apps, proficiency in Rust/Go/Python/Java, and distributed systems expertise.

180k – 440k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
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Member of Technical Staff - Voice Product

xAIPalo Alto, CA

Builds and ships voice features for Grok across platforms, owning backend engineering for low-latency voice infrastructure and model integrations. Requires proficiency in Python/Rust, backend focus, and hands-on mobile experience.

180k – 440k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
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Software Engineer, Imagine Product

xAIPalo Alto, CA

Build and scale high-performance systems for AI-driven media experiences in Grok, handling multi-modal data processing, real-time interactions, and large-scale pipelines. Requires proficiency in Python or Rust, experience with consumer-facing systems, and passion for AI media technologies.

180k – 440k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
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Software Engineer - Media

xAIPalo Alto, CA

Build and optimize large-scale video services, media processing pipelines using Rust, C++, Go. Require 5+ years experience, expertise in WebRTC/LL-HLS/video transcoding, and distributed systems for high-performance media at massive scale.

180k – 440k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
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Software Engineer - Real-Time Storage

xAIPalo Alto, CA

Build and operate exabyte-scale storage systems including object stores, key/value stores, caching tiers, and vector databases for AI infrastructure serving massive request volumes. Requires 7+ years software experience with 2+ in storage/databases, expertise in high-performance languages like C++/Rust and distributed systems.

180k – 440k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
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Software Engineer, Internal Tools

xAIPalo Alto, CA

Builds scalable backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and tooling for AI model training, inference, and deployment. Requires expertise in Rust/C++, distributed systems, and ML data pipelines in fast-paced environments.

180k – 440k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
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Software Engineer - Observability

xAIPalo Alto, CA +1

Build and maintain scalable observability platform handling massive telemetry for metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting. Requires production proficiency in Go/Rust/Scala, distributed systems expertise, and experience with tools like Prometheus, Kubernetes, Kafka.

180k – 440k/yr
HybridBackend Engineering