# Member of Technical Staff – X Core Product
**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Salary:** $180K-$440K
**Skills:** Rust, Go, Python, Java, Distributed Systems, Microservices, APIs, Streaming Systems, iOS, Android
**Posted:** 2026-03-19
> Software engineer owning end-to-end development of X product/platform, from user interfaces to backend services, data infrastructure, and AI integrations for 600M+ users. Requires 2+ years in large-scale consumer apps and proficiency in Rust, Go, Python, Java, and distributed systems.
## Job Description
## 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.
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