Member Of Technical Staff - Observability

xAI

Palo Alto, CA, United States
Base: $180,000 - $440,000 usd; bonus/equity: equit...
On-site
Design scalable observability infrastructure
Build high-performance telemetry pipelines
Develop apis and query engines
xAI is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for its Observability team, focused on creating scalable infrastructure for monitoring and optimizing system performance. The ideal candidate will possess strong programming skills, particularly in Go or Rust, and experience with distributed systems and observability stacks

Job Summary

  • The Observability team builds and operates the core infrastructure that enables engineers to monitor, debug, and optimize the performance and reliability of their systems.
  • You will be part of the small, high-impact team responsible for building and maintaining X’s observability platform.
  • Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, 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 its Observability team, focused on creating scalable infrastructure for monitoring and optimizing system performance. The ideal candidate will possess strong programming skills, particularly in Go or Rust, and experience with distributed systems and observability stacks.

Salary

Base: $180,000 - $440,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: equity; Benefits: comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, discounts and perks

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Design scalable observability infrastructure
  • Build high-performance telemetry pipelines
  • Develop APIs and query engines
  • Operate observability pipelines in Kubernetes

Nice-to-have

  • Strong work ethic and prioritization
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Curiosity and self-challenge

Key Requirements

  • Production-level proficiency in Go, Rust, Scala
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems
  • Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale
  • Familiarity with observability stacks
  • Experience with Kafka, Redis, or time series databases

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