About the position
xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. We are seeking talented engineers to join our team in developing cutting-edge continuous integration and delivery infrastructure for the X platform. Ideal candidates will have experience building complex systems or possess hands-on expertise with large monorepos and distributed build systems.
Responsibilities
- Optimize Bazel build speed vertically and horizontally
- Optimize internal language compilers
- Scale out CI for increasing engineering demands
- Write custom IDE plugins
- Rewrite and modernize services and technologies
Requirements
- 3+ years of industry experience working on complex engineering problems
- Experienced in designing scalable, reliable systems for internal use
- Experienced in Bazel
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
- Various other discounts and perks
