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Software Engineer - X Developer Platform

xAI · Palo Alto, CA · New York, NY

CHECKED 14H AGO

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

Highlights

  • Build the everything API connecting X to B2B and B2C developers worldwide.
  • Deliver real-time posts and events filtered and enriched for customer use cases.
  • Enable agents and automated systems to safely read from and act on X.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short & long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance

Ideal candidate

Hands-on engineer with 5+ years building scalable commercial services who thrives in flat, high-ownership teams. Curious, driven by excellence, and excited to shape APIs powering developers and agents on X.

Requirements

  • MS or BS in Computer Science
  • 5+ years of industry experience working on commercial software application or services
  • Distributed Systems experience (Kafka experience is a plus)
  • Experience working with RPC frameworks and microservices
  • Understanding of core CS concepts, such as common data structures and algorithms
  • Experience with front-end development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Experience with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

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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