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xAIxAINew York, NY

Member of Technical Staff - X Money

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

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop backend services, APIs, and data models to support high-volume, multi-user environments.
  • Work with iOS, Android & Web client engineers to ship products.
  • Design robust infrastructure and microservices for payments, transactions, growth, monetization, and engagement across platforms.
  • Build and maintain fullstack features, including user dashboards, personalized experiences, content delivery, interactive tools, assessments, and real-time analytics.
  • Lead architecture, scalability, and reliability decisions for high-concurrency, low-latency systems.
  • Uphold engineering excellence via testing, monitoring, deployment, and secure data handling.

Basic Qualifications

  • Proficiency in distributed systems for high-scale, low-latency environments; languages like Rust, Go, Python & Java, and high volume streaming systems.
  • 2+ years of experience working on large scale consumer applications.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • 5+ years of experience working on large scale consumer applications or early-mid stage startup experience as a founding engineer, emphasizing rapid prototyping, user-centric design, and AI solutions.

Compensation and Benefits

$180,000 - $440,000 USD
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, 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.

Skills

RustGoPythonJavaDistributed SystemsMicroservicesAPIsStreaming SystemsiOSAndroid

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