Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services

About the role

As part of the Network Software and Services for AI (nssAI) team at xAI, you'll build cutting-edge software, services, and frameworks to empower our Network Development Engineers. Working hands-on, you’ll tackle all facets of network management—metric collection, configuration, zero-touch provisioning, monitoring, and auto-remediation—driving automation-first solutions for xAI’s production and ancillary networks. Expect to develop extensible tools, streamline complex processes, and ensure rock-solid reliability to support xAI’s mission of accelerating human scientific discovery through AI.

Responsibilities

• Building software and tools with extensive metrics coverage for some of the world’s largest GPU supercomputing network fabrics used for AI training and serving customer inference queries.
• Implement IaC best practices, enhancing deployment pipelines, and ensuring robust, secure service delivery across our production environments.

Requirements

• Deep experience collaborating with network engineers daily using extensive knowledge of network topologies, physical and logical, and network protocols.
• Expert knowledge and proven history with designing scalable and reliable software from the ground up that can build and orchestrate tens of thousands of network devices at lightning speeds.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, creating metrics that will help prioritize the focus of the team and your own.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Deep experience collaborating with network engineers daily using extensive knowledge of network topologies, physical and logical, and network protocols.
• Expert knowledge and proven history with designing scalable and reliable software from the ground up that can build and orchestrate tens of thousands of network devices at lightning speeds.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, creating metrics that will help prioritize the focus of the team and your own.

Skills

• Python
• Go
• TCP/IP
• BGP
• RDMA

Benefits

• Annual Salary Range: $150,000 - 250,000k Base
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Variety of other discounts and perks

Pay

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.

Schedule

The role is based in the offices of Palo Alto - California.

Qualifications

• Deep experience collaborating with network engineers daily using extensive knowledge of network topologies, physical and logical, and network protocols.
• Expert knowledge and proven history with designing scalable and reliable software from the ground up that can build and orchestrate tens of thousands of network devices at lightning speeds.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, creating metrics that will help prioritize the focus of the team and your own.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Variety of other discounts and perks