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Backend Engineer - API

xAI · London, England, United Kingdom · London

CHECKED 14H AGO

Frontier labonsite$142k–$347k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build the API serving SpaceXAI models to developers worldwide.
  • Own high-throughput inference handling billions of tokens per minute.
  • Help create AI systems to understand the universe and aid humanity.

What they offer

  • equity
  • comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage
  • cash plan
  • income protection
  • life insurance
  • discounts and perks

Ideal candidate

Hands-on engineer who thrives in small, flat teams and loves hard infrastructure challenges. Curious, driven, and motivated by building reliable systems that advance understanding of the universe.

Requirements

  • Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++
  • Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems
  • Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices
  • Experience in operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and MongoDB

Lab profile

About xAI

Builds AI systems to understand the universe and advance human knowledge.

Known for

  • Engineering excellence focus
  • Large-scale data center operations
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