Software Engineer - X Developer Platform

2 weeks agoLeadSalary: 180K - 440KPalo Alto, USAEngineeringJobs by SpaceXAI

SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.

Austin, United States
About SpaceXAI

SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.

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Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will maintain and improve customer-facing systems and ship new developer-platform products. You will design reliable solutions for scale, correctness, and developer experience, and help shape platform architecture for developers and automated systems.

Requirements

  • MS or BS in Computer Science.
  • 5+ years of industry experience building commercial software applications or services.
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Experience with RPC frameworks and microservices.
  • Understanding of data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and business leadership.
  • Maintain and improve systems serving existing customers.
  • Design and ship new platform products.
  • Design reliable, well-abstracted solutions for scale, correctness, and developer experience.
  • Help shape the platform architecture for new consumer categories.

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Medical coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Discounts and perks