xAI · 12 hours ago
Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$180K/yr - $440K/yr
2+ years expxAI is on a mission to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. The role of Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team involves designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems to enhance xAI's compute and data platforms, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and performance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Scale compute infrastructure on Kubernetes by building controllers, admission plugins, and supporting systems that empower teams to leverage Kubernetes effectively
Design and maintain one of the largest traffic shaping and load balancing deployments using Envoy, while building service meshes and service discovery systems to handle massive scale
Scale data platforms and observability systems (logging, tracing, metrics) to support exabyte-scale data processing and provide deep insights into system performance
Drive reliability, standardization, and performance by building and refining systems with a pedantic focus on quality and scalability
Manage and optimize large-scale storage systems, including key-value stores, relational databases, and network file systems or object stores (open-source, cloud-managed, and in-house solutions)
Contribute to miscellaneous quality-of-life improvements that empower developers and streamline workflows
Qualification
Required
2+ years of industry experience working with large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems, compute platforms, or data infrastructure
Proficient in Golang, Rust, Python, or similar languages
Passionate about reliability, performance optimization, and building systems that scale seamlessly
Preferred
Familiarity with modern developer tools (Bazel, Buildkite, Argo, Kubernetes), service meshes (Envoy), or observability frameworks
Experience with large-scale storage systems (KV stores, RDBMS, object stores) or Kubernetes ecosystem development (controllers, plugins)
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.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$22.73BKey Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B
2025-07-01Debt Financing· $5B
Leadership Team
Toby Pohlen
Founding Member
Recent News
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