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xAI · 1 day ago

Rust/C++ Backend Engineer - Enterprise Agent

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$180K/yr - $440K/yr

xAI is focused on creating AI systems that help humanity understand the universe. The role involves building full-stack solutions and collaborating on integrating AI advancements into user-centric products.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems

Operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and CockroachDB

Qualification

RustC++Distributed systemsPostgreSQLDockerKubernetesGRPCPythonTypeScriptLLM APIsCommunication skills

Required

Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++

Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems

Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices

Experience in operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and CockroachDB

Preferred

Expert knowledge of Python

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized applications

Expert knowledge of TypeScript

Expert knowledge of gRPC (unary, response streaming, bi-directional streaming, REST mapping)

Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, embeddings, or RAG patterns

Track record of delivering user-facing software at scale

Benefits

Equity

Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

Short & long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Various other discounts and perks

Company

xAI

XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.

Founded in 2023

Palo Alto, California, USA

11-50 employees

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)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$42.73B

Key Investors

Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley

2026-01-06Series E· $20B

2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M

2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B

Leadership Team

Yuhuai Wu

Co-Founder

Toby Pohlen

Founding Member

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