Backend Engineer, xAI

• All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates
• Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++,
• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems,
• Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices,
• Experience in operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and CockroachDB

Desirable

• The Enterprise Agents Engineering Team at xAI is a team of builders solving the hardest problems in applied AI: integrating with messy systems, orchestrating complex workflows, and harnessing AI to transform business operations
• We build full-stack solutions with ownership of end-to-end product execution from ideation to deployment, collaborating closely with our research team to incorporate cutting-edge AI advancements into robust and reliable user-centric solutions
• Through an iterative development process, we work hand-in-hand with customers to gather feedback, refine features, and evolve products to address real-world challenges

• After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work
• If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 15 minute interview (“phone interview”) during which a member of our team will ask some basic technical questions
• If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of at least two technical interviews:
• Coding interview in Rust or C++
• Distributed systems design interview