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xAIxAIPalo Alto, CA

ML Infrastructure Engineer

Build and scale GPU compute infrastructure, training frameworks, data pipelines, and ML platforms to power large-scale training and inference at xAI. Requires strong distributed systems and ML infrastructure experience plus Python proficiency.

180k – 440k/yr
On-site7+ YOEML Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Designing, building, and scaling GPU compute infrastructure, training frameworks, and experimentation tools to enable rapid iteration on ML hypotheses
  • Developing data pipelines and integrating large-scale data, training, and inference systems
  • Collaborating with ML teams to productionize models and ensure seamless integration across the stack
  • Ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency of large-scale machine learning systems
  • Working across the full stack to solve complex problems independently
  • Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the growth of the team

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor, Master, Post-graduate or PhD in computer science, machine learning, or other quantitative discipline; or equivalent work experience
  • 2+ years of industry experience working with high traffic or large-scale production environments, distributed systems, GPU infrastructure, and/or deep learning applications
  • 2+ years experience with ML platforms, training infrastructure, or close collaboration with modeling engineers and data scientists
  • Strong proficiency with Python and experience with compiled languages such as C++ or Rust

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Deep familiarity with modern ML frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch
  • Low-level understanding of compute systems, including distributed storage, NVIDIA drivers, CUDA toolkits, and networking
  • Comfortable with Linux systems and orchestration tools
  • Experience with job schedulers (e.g., Slurm), configuration management (Puppet/Ansible), or related infrastructure tooling

Compensation and Benefits

  • $180,000 - $440,000 USD total compensation (base salary is just one part; package also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, and perks)

Skills

PythonC++RustJAXPyTorchCUDAnvidia driversslurmLinuxAnsiblepuppet

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