Money Infrastructure Engineer, xAI

$180-440k

+ Equity

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Terraform

MySQL

Athena

BigQuery

Golang

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Palo Alto, CA

Building artificial intelligence

Be an early applicant

Building artificial intelligence

1001+ employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Be an early applicant

$180-440k

+ Equity

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Terraform

MySQL

Athena

BigQuery

Golang

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Palo Alto, CA

1001+ employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Company mission

To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We're seeking exceptional engineers passionate about our mission, with a relentless drive to build the most secure and reliable systems
Experience with Golang, Python, or Shell languages
Expertise in highly available, large-scale distributed systems
Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), and CI/CD (e.g., Github Actions, ArgoCD)
Strong knowledge in cloud platforms like GCP or AWS, covering infrastructure, networking, and services
Proficiency with RDBMS and large-scale data systems (MySQL, Presto, S3, Athena, BigQuery)
A security-first mindset
We're building an extraordinary team and moving fast. If you're an exceptional engineer who shares our passion for reliability and security, we'd love to hear from you

What the job involves

As a Money Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain the live serving infrastructure and database systems that power our ambitious goals
Your work will ensure fault-tolerant, secure operations at scale, enabling fast execution in a collaborative environment
Design, implement, and operate fully-automated, fault-tolerant infrastructure using modern container-native solutions
Support other engineering teams with infrastructure feature requests, live system debugging, and on-call rotations
Perform scheduled maintenance and cross-region failover for production systems
Uphold security and reliability standards across all levels of infrastructure and applications
Collaborate with third-party auditors, consultants, and vendors to meet technical compliance and industry best practices

Our take

xAI is Elon Musk's venture into the world of artificial intelligence, and like all things Musk, it's going big. Its setting out to build AI that helps humanity understand the universe and its starting with Grok, its conversational AI chatbot already integrated into X (formerly Twitter). With access to real-time data and a powerful ecosystem of Musk-led companies, xAI is certainly pushing towards artificial general intelligence at serious scale.

Like all bold ventures, xAI has faced its share of controversy, from questions about regulation to the overlap across Musk's businesses. But fans are still seeing the bigger picture: an interconnected tech ecosystem where AI, social media, and space exploration feed into one another.

Recently, the company made headlines with its massive "Colossus" supercomputer project, powered by tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs. While the data center's temporary power setup has faced environmental scrutiny, the scale of ambition is certainly undeniable. From launching tap-to-pay features on X to building one of the most powerful AI training systems on Earth, xAI is moving fast.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jul 2025

$5bn

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Dec 2024

$6bn

SERIES C

Total funding: $17.1bn

Company benefits

Health and wellness: Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage
Life and family: Life and AD&D insurance and fertility benefits to ensure our team’s well-being and peace of mind
Flexible vacation: We work hard but avoid burn out. Take time off when you need it
Visa sponsorship: We support international talent with visa sponsorship to join our team
401(k) plan: Retirement savings plan to secure your financial future

Company HQ

Downtown, Burlingame, CA

Leadership

Elon Musk

(Founder)

Founder, Chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX. CEO and Product Architect of Tesla. Chairman and CTO of X Corp, founder of the Boring Company, co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, and president of the Musk Foundation.

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