Member of Technical Staff – X Core Product

About the role

The Software Engineer for X Product/Platform will join a thirty-person team responsible for building and scaling X. The role involves independently owning significant parts of the system end-to-end, from intuitive user interfaces to robust backend services, data infrastructure, and deep AI integrations.

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

Compensation ranges from $180,000 to $440,000 USD. The base salary is part of a comprehensive total rewards package at xAI, which 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. xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.