xAI is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for their Data Platform team in Palo Alto, CA, focusing on designing and operating large-scale data transport and processing systems. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in distributed systems and streaming technologies, with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability
Job Summary
xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.
As a software engineer on the Data Platform team, you will design, build, and operate the distributed systems powering X’s data movement and compute.
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at X, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
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xAI is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for their Data Platform team in Palo Alto, CA, focusing on designing and operating large-scale data transport and processing systems. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in distributed systems and streaming technologies, with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.
Salary
$180,000 - $440,000 USD; Equity; comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
distributed systems
stream processing
large-scale data platforms
high-throughput, low-latency data systems
multi-tenant Kafka infrastructure
Spark, Flink, Trino optimization
Nice-to-have
engineering excellence
curiosity-driven
flat organizational structure
hands-on contribution
strong prioritization skills
strong communication skills
Key Requirements
Proven expertise in distributed systems
Proficiency in Rust, Go, Scala
Hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, or Hadoop
Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills
Track record of shipping and maintaining critical infrastructure
Comfortable working in fast-moving, high-stakes environments