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Software Engineer - Search Infrastructure

SpaceXAI’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 indivi

Company

xAI

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-06T01:04:10+00:00

xAI is hiring a software engineer for search infrastructure in Palo Alto, on site. The role covers real-time indexing, serving and data pipelines under heavy write and query loads, along with search internals such as query execution and relevance, plus running production services and incident response. The posting asks for five or more years with large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems, proficiency in Rust, C++ or JVM languages, and hands-on Elasticsearch or Lucene experience. Pay is listed at $150,000–$400,000.