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xAI · 1 week ago

Software Engineer - Ads Product

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$180K/yr - $440K/yr

3+ years exp

xAI is focused on creating advanced AI systems to aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. They are seeking an exceptional ads engineer to integrate their AI infrastructure into the Ads Platform, involving full-cycle development from ideation to maintenance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Be involved in the full array of xAI’s work, including ideation, experimentation, implementation, and maintenance of distributed systems and product features

Leverage all of xAI’s infra and AI stacks to dramatically enhance advertising products

Own and operate systems and products driving the majority of X’s revenue

Qualification

Full stack developmentLarge scale advertising productsBackend technologiesDistributed systemsData processing pipelinesReactGolangPythonRustGRPCJava/ScalaPrioritization skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsWork ethic

Required

3+ years of industry experience building large scale and high-performance advertising products

Strong software engineering fundamentals with expertise in full stack development

Proven ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable code in a collaborative environment

Solid understanding of backend technologies, distributed systems, and data processing pipelines

Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for performance, reliability, and product impact

Obsessed with building great product experiences

Preferred

Experience with ads delivery, targeting, measurement, or optimization systems is a strong plus

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

Greg Yang

Co-Founder

Yuhuai Wu

Co-Founder

Recent News

IndiaTimes

Elon Musk says xAI is bringing changes to ‘For You’ tab on X: Here’s what’s new

2026-01-25

The Cool Down

New report uncovers disturbing findings about millions of photos generated by Elon Musk's chatbot: 'This is industrial-scale abuse'

2026-01-25

Tech Xplore

Grok created three million sexualized images, research says

2026-01-24

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