X

xAI

Generative AI chatbot leveraging real-time data

Senior Software Engineer - X Developer Platform

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePalo Alto, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science.
  • At least 5 years of industry experience working on commercial software applications or services.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineering, product leadership, business leadership, and engineers across the company.
  • Maintain and improve the systems that serve existing customers while designing and shipping new products that expand the platform's capabilities.
  • Design clean, reliable, well-abstracted solutions to problems of scale, correctness, and developer experience.
  • Help shape the platform architecture as it grows to serve new categories of consumers, including agents and automated systems.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with distributed systems; Kafka experience is a plus.
  • Experience working with remote procedure call (RPC) frameworks and microservices.
  • Understanding of core computer science concepts, including common data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience with front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

About the Company

xAI

Generative AI chatbot leveraging real-time data

xAI builds Grok, a generative AI chatbot with a Hitchhiker's Guide-inspired persona that uses real-time data from X to produce current, culturally aware responses. Grok is accessible to premium subscribers on X, via a standalone website, mobile apps, and through an API for developers. The company also develops large-scale AI infrastructure, such as the Colossus supercomputer, to train and run its models. Its goal is to pursue truth-seeking AGI research and grow a capital-intensive platform that could support a major public offering in the future.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Series E
Total funding
$42.1B
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founded
2023

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at xAI

See more jobs