Software Engineer (X Developer Platform)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (X Developer Platform): Building a partner ecosystem and an "everything API" to connect B2B and B2C developers with an accent on high availability, scalability, and developer experience. Focus on designing distributed systems to process hundreds of billions of signals and shaping platform architecture for AI agents.

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States

Salary: $180,000 - $440,000 USD

Company

xAI is focused on creating AI systems that accurately understand the universe to aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.

What you will do

• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to expand the partner ecosystem and API capabilities.
• Maintain and optimize systems serving existing customers while shipping new platform products.
• Design reliable, well-abstracted solutions to solve problems of scale, correctness, and developer experience.
• Shape the platform architecture to accommodate new categories of consumers, including AI agents and automated systems.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science.
• 5+ years of industry experience working on commercial software applications or services.
• Proven experience with Distributed Systems (Kafka experience is a plus).
• Proficiency with RPC frameworks and microservices architecture.
• Strong grasp of core CS concepts, including data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Equity and competitive base salary.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Flat organizational structure that values initiative, engineering excellence, and direct contribution.