About xAI

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the role

We’re looking for exceptional Ads engineers who want to join us on a new project to integrate xAI’s advanced AI infrastructure deeply into the Ads Platform. We’re looking for individuals who have built exceptional advertising products and systems at massive scale. We’re bringing and using xAI’s technology stack to transform our advertising stack.

Responsibilities

Be involved in the full array of xAI’s work, including ideation, experimentation, implementation, and maintenance of distributed systems and product features.
Leverage all of xAI’s infra and AI stacks to dramatically enhance advertising products.
Own and operate systems and products driving the majority of X’s revenue.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of industry experience building large scale and high-performance advertising products.
Strong software engineering fundamentals with expertise in full stack development.
Proven ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable code in a collaborative environment
Experience with ads delivery, targeting, measurement, or optimization systems is a strong plus.
Solid understanding of backend technologies, distributed systems, and data processing pipelines
Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for performance, reliability, and product impact
Obsessed with building great product experiences.

Tech Stack

React
Golang
Python
Rust
gRPC
Java/Scala

Annual Salary Range

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Benefits

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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