Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend and data systems to support high-scale event processing for abuse detection, spam remediation, child safety, and related safety tooling.
• Architect scalable distributed systems capable of processing thousands of events per second to mitigate platform threats.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to address complex safety challenges and drive impactful solutions.
• Write clean, efficient code primarily in Scala and Go, utilizing Map-Reduce frameworks like Scalding and scripting in Python.
• Exercise autonomy in designing new systems and iterating on existing ones to achieve step-wise improvements in safety and performance.
• Potentially lead technical initiatives in critical areas such as payments risk or abuse mitigation.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering roles, with a focus on backend or data systems
• Proven experience building and operating scalable software services
• Strong generalist skills, with familiarity in distributed systems
• Enjoyment of 0-to-1 environments, where you trail blaze novel engineering solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with safety or security challenges in large-scale platforms, such as abuse detection or fraud prevention.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives or drive cross-functional collaboration in dynamic settings.
• A proactive mindset, with a focus on shipping impactful features over minor tweaks.
• A sense of adaptability and a touch of humor to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

Annual Salary Range

$200,000 - $350,000 USD

Benefits

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

xAI is an equal opportunity employer.

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