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xAI · 4 months ago

Software Engineer - Infrastructure/Supercomputing

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$180K/yr - $370K/yr

xAI is a company focused on creating AI systems that enhance humanity's understanding of the universe. They are looking for a Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure/Supercomputing to operate large GPU supercomputing clusters, implement best practices for Infrastructure as Code, and ensure secure service delivery across production environments.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Operating some of the world’s largest GPU supercomputing clusters for both AI training and serving production models

Implement IaC best practices, enhancing deployment pipelines, and ensuring robust, secure service delivery across our production environments

Working with both on-premise clusters and cloud providers

Help with security best practices for internal researchers and live external traffic

Qualification

KubernetesRustPulumiGoTerraformAnsiblePrioritization skillsCommunication skillsWork ethic

Required

Strong communication skills

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with Pulumi

Experience with Rust and Go

Experience with Flux / ArgoCD

Experience in operating GPU supercomputing clusters

Experience implementing IaC best practices

Experience enhancing deployment pipelines

Experience ensuring robust, secure service delivery

Experience working with on-premise clusters and cloud providers

Experience with security best practices for internal researchers and live external traffic

Experience writing scalable and highly available containerized applications in Rust

Experience managing compute fleets with Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, or other stateful automation libraries

Benefits

Equity

Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

Short & long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Various other discounts and perks

Company

xAI

XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.

Founded in 2023

Palo Alto, California, USA

11-50 employees

https://x.ai

H1B Sponsorship

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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$42.73B

Key Investors

Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley

2026-01-06Series E· $20B

2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M

2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B

Leadership Team

Greg Yang

Co-Founder

Yuhuai Wu

Co-Founder

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