Software Engineer - Real-Time Storage
xAI · Palo Alto, CA
CHECKED 12H AGO
Frontier labonsitesenior$180k–$440k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build new storage tier powering training, inference and real-time extraction.
- Operate exabyte-scale S3-compatible object store for 600M monthly users.
- Scale caching tier serving billions of requests per second.
What they offer
- Equity
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short & long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
Ideal candidate
Storage-obsessed engineer who thrives in small, flat teams and owns reliability and performance end to end. Curious, hands-on builder who mentors peers and uses data to guide decisions for planet-scale systems.
Requirements
- Have at least 7 years of experience in software development, plus 2+ years building storage systems or databases
- Obsessed with reliability, performance, and quality
- Proficient in high performance C++, Rust, or JVM-based languages
- Expertise in building, running, and operating scalable and resilient distributed systems
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