Software Engineer, Data Platform
xAI · Palo Alto, CA
CHECKED 14H AGO
Frontier labonsite$180k–$440k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build and operate infrastructure for large-scale data transport and processing.
- Own systems processing trillions of events daily for product and ML workloads.
- Enable real-time pipelines, ranking, experimentation and observability at scale.
What they offer
- Equity
- Comprehensive medical, vision and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
Ideal candidate
A hands-on, curious builder who thrives in fast-moving, high-stakes environments and cares deeply about reliability, performance and engineering excellence.
Requirements
- Proven expertise in distributed systems, stream processing, or large-scale data platforms.
- Proficiency in Rust, Go, Scala or similar systems languages.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, or Hadoop in production.
- Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
- Track record of shipping and maintaining critical infrastructure.
- Comfortable working in fast-moving, high-stakes environments with minimal guardrails.
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