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xAI · 1 day ago

Backend Engineer - Product Safety

positionPalo Alto, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$180K/yr - $440K/yr

xAI is on a mission to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity. The Backend Engineer on the Product Safety team will build robust, high-performance systems to ensure the safety and reliability of AI products, tackling complex challenges that impact millions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Build distributed systems to enforce safety and integrity at scale
Create frameworks for monitoring and moderation to stay ahead of risks
Collaborate with top engineers and AI experts on seamless, user-focused safety features
Drive projects from concept to production with speed and precision

Qualification

PythonHigh-performance systemsDistributed systemsRustDevOpsCI/CD pipelinesMicroservicesCommunication skillsProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Strong communication skills
Proactive problem-solver who turns ideas into reality
Experienced in designing high-performance, high-load systems for production
Passionate about AI safety and building trusted, impactful products
Python (required)
Build distributed systems to enforce safety and integrity at scale
Create frameworks for monitoring and moderation to stay ahead of risks
Collaborate with top engineers and AI experts on seamless, user-focused safety features
Drive projects from concept to production with speed and precision

Preferred

Background in product safety or moderation platforms (strong plus)
Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (strong plus)
Rust (strongly preferred)
Scala (familiarity preferred)
RESTful APIs, gRPC
Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes
SQL/NoSQL databases
Major cloud service providers (CSPs) or on-prem deployments

Company

xAI

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XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.
dateFounded in 2023
location
Burlingame, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://x.ai

H1B Sponsorship

xAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$22.73B
Key Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B
2025-07-01Debt Financing· $5B

Leadership Team

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Toby Pohlen
Founding Member
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