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Software Engineer - Kernels/CUDA (C++)

xAI · Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA · Palo Alto, CA

CHECKED 12H AGO

Frontier labonsite$180k–$440k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build one of the world's largest AI supercomputers from the ground up.
  • Own GPU supercomputer and platform layer to accelerate Grok training.
  • Work across full stack from low-level optimization to massive orchestration.

What they offer

  • equity
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • vision coverage
  • dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short & long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance

Ideal candidate

Curious, hands-on engineer who thrives in small flat teams and takes initiative to deliver excellence. Motivated by extreme-scale challenges and accelerating AI progress through fast, reliable infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Deep low-level systems programming (C/C++/PTX/SASS)
  • Strong experience with large-scale GPU clusters or distributed compute infrastructure at production scale
  • Hands-on work with GPU kernel optimization (CUTLASS, custom kernels, Nsight profiling)
  • Track record of building or running high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads
  • Ability to reason from first principles and optimize for both memory-bound and compute-bound scenarios

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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