Software Engineer - Kernels/CUDA (C++)
xAI · Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA · Palo Alto, CA
CHECKED 12H AGO
Frontier labonsite$180k–$440k
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