Site Reliability Engineer, SpaceXAI

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Kubernetes

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Pulumi

Senior and Expert level

London

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5 days a week in office

Building artificial intelligence

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Building artificial intelligence

1001+ employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Equity

Kubernetes

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Pulumi

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

5 days a week in office

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

Expert knowledge of Kubernetes
Expert knowledge of continuous deployment systems such as Buildkite and ArgoCD
Expert knowledge of monitoring technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty
Expert knowledge of infrastructure as code technologies such as Pulumi or Terraform
Experience with traffic management and HTTP proxies such as nginx and envoy

What the job involves

You will work on the team that is responsible for the backend services that power grok.com and our API
We focus on writing and maintaining highly scalable and reliable services that can efficiently process tens of thousands of queries per second
The services are hosted on a number of Kubernetes clusters (on-prem & cloud)

Application process

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 two technical interviews
All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet

Salary benchmarks

Our take

SpaceXAI, formerly XAI, is Elon Musk's venture into the world of artificial intelligence, and like all things Musk, it's going big. It's setting out to build AI that helps humanity understand the universe, and it's 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, SpaceXAI is certainly pushing towards artificial general intelligence at serious scale.

Like all bold ventures, SpaceXAI has faced its share of controversy, from questions about regulation to the overlap across Musk's businesses (most recently, XAI became a subsidiary of the Musk-owned SpaceX). But fans are still seeing the bigger picture: an interconnected tech ecosystem where AI, social media, and space exploration feed into one another.

The company made headlines in 2024 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 5 rounds)

Jan 2026

$20bn

SERIES E

Jul 2025

$5bn

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $37.1bn

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

Palo Alto, 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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