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🏢 Summary: Backend-focused engineering role building and shipping scalable, low-latency voice AI features for Grok across iOS, Android, and other product surfaces. The position involves collaborating with model, media, and product teams to deliver high-quality voice experiences at global scale using Python or Rust. 🗂️ Requirements: Proficiency in Python or Rust, Backend engineering experience, Experience building scalable low-latency systems, Hands-on experience shipping features on iOS and/or Android, Strong interest in voice/audio AI, Ability to collaborate across product groups, Strong communication skills 📃 Skills: Python, Rust, iOS, Android, AI, Audio, Backend 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: The Grok Voice Product team builds seamless, world-class voice experiences for Grok across every platform and product surface. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and shipping voice features across all surfaces. You will have the opportunity to collaborate across iOS, Android, and all product groups. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Own backend engineering for scalable, low-latency voice infrastructure and model integrations. - Collaborate directly with Grok Voice model, media, and product teams to deliver end-to-end experiences. - Drive performance, reliability, and quality of voice interactions at global scale. - Move fast across platforms and product groups as a generalist. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Proficiency in Python or Rust, with a strong track record of writing clean, efficient, maintainable, and scalable code. - Deep interest in voice/audio AI. - Strong generalist engineer with backend focus. - Hands-on experience shipping features on iOS and/or Android. - The ability to work across all product groups and do whatever it takes for best user experience. PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: - Background in AI-driven consumer products or media generation technologies. - Track record collaborating across engineering, research, and product teams to ship delightful features quickly. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Equity package - Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage - 401(k) retirement plan - Short and long-term disability insurance - Life insurance - Additional discounts and perks SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Engineering role focused on building and operating large-scale search infrastructure and ML-powered retrieval systems for X. The position involves developing search algorithms, training ranking models, and integrating Grok capabilities into search products using modern backend and machine learning technologies. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience with Python, Experience with Go, Experience with Rust, Experience with vector databases, Experience with search indices, Experience with large-scale search systems, Experience with production ML systems, Ability to build scalable search infrastructure, Strong ownership and problem-solving skills, Ability to work in fast-paced environments 📃 Skills: Python, Go, Rust, ML, Search, Retrieval, Ranking, Databases, Indexing, Grok 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: The X Search team is responsible for building and operating the core search engine that powers discovery on X. We own the full end-to-end search stack — from real-time retrieval and indexing to ranking and the end-user search experience. Our goal is to create the most relevant, fast, and intelligent search experience on the internet by combining state-of-the-art information retrieval systems with Grok's reasoning capabilities. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Build search and retrieval algorithms that scale to millions of users - Build and operate large scale search engine and search infrastructure - Train state of the art ML ranking models - Integrate Grok in search systems and products BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Tech Stack: Python, Go, Rust - Have worked with vector databases, search indices, or similar data stores for search applications - Have worked on large-scale search systems - Have deep experience building or working with production ML systems - Take full ownership of problems and learn whatever you need to solve them - Can move quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Engineering role focused on building and operating large-scale search infrastructure and intelligent retrieval systems powered by machine learning and Grok integration. The position involves developing scalable search algorithms, training ranking models, and improving end-to-end search experiences for millions of users in a fast-paced environment. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience with Python, Experience with Go, Experience with Rust, Experience with vector databases or search indices, Experience with large-scale search systems, Experience with production ML systems, Ability to build and operate search infrastructure, Strong ownership and problem-solving skills, Ability to work in fast-paced environments, Strong communication skills 📃 Skills: Python, Go, Rust, ML, Search, Retrieval, Indexing, Ranking, Grok, Databases 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: The X Search team is responsible for building and operating the core search engine that powers discovery on X. We own the full end-to-end search stack — from real-time retrieval and indexing to ranking and the end-user search experience. Our goal is to create the most relevant, fast, and intelligent search experience on the internet by combining state-of-the-art information retrieval systems with Grok's reasoning capabilities. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Build search and retrieval algorithms that scale to millions of users - Build and operate large scale search engine and search infrastructure - Train state of the art ML ranking models - Integrate Grok in search systems and products BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Tech Stack: Python, Go, Rust - Have worked with vector databases, search indices, or similar data stores for search applications - Have worked on large-scale search systems - Have deep experience building or working with production ML systems - Take full ownership of problems and learn whatever you need to solve them - Can move quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Engineering role focused on building and operating large-scale search systems powering discovery on X, including retrieval, indexing, ranking, and ML-driven search experiences. The position involves developing scalable search infrastructure, training ranking models, and integrating Grok reasoning capabilities into search products. Candidates should have strong experience with production ML systems and large-scale search technologies. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience with Python, Experience with Go, Experience with Rust, Experience with vector databases or search indices, Experience building large-scale search systems, Experience with production ML systems, Ability to take ownership of technical problems, Ability to work in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities 📃 Skills: Python, Go, Rust, ML, Search, Retrieval, Indexing, Ranking, Databases, Infrastructure, Grok 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: The X Search team is responsible for building and operating the core search engine that powers discovery on X. We own the full end-to-end search stack — from real-time retrieval and indexing to ranking and the end-user search experience. Our goal is to create the most relevant, fast, and intelligent search experience on the internet by combining state-of-the-art information retrieval systems with Grok's reasoning capabilities. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Build search and retrieval algorithms that scale to millions of users - Build and operate large scale search engine and search infrastructure - Train state of the art ML ranking models - Integrate Grok in search systems and products BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Tech Stack: Python, Go, Rust - Have worked with vector databases, search indices, or similar data stores for search applications - Have worked on large-scale search systems - Have deep experience building or working with production ML systems - Take full ownership of problems and learn whatever you need to solve them - Can move quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: High-impact engineering role focused on building and optimizing large-scale AI inference systems for serving Grok at massive scale. The position involves distributed infrastructure, GPU-level optimization, inference acceleration, and reliability engineering for high-concurrency production environments. Candidates will work end-to-end on scalable model serving, CI/CD infrastructure, and next-generation inference optimization. 🗂️ Requirements: Deep low-level systems programming in C/C++ or Rust, Experience with large-scale high-concurrency production serving, Experience with GPU inference engines, Strong background in batching, caching, load balancing, and parallelism, Experience with GPU kernels and code generation, Knowledge of quantization, speculative decoding, distillation, and low-precision numerics, Experience with testing, benchmarking, and reliability of inference services, Experience designing and implementing CI/CD infrastructure for inference 📃 Skills: C++, Rust, vLLM, SGLang, Triton, TensorRT-LLM, GPU, CI/CD, Quantization, Distillation, Caching, Batching, Parallelism, Load-balancing, Autoscaling 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. About the Role: We are building the high-performance inference platform that serves Grok to millions of users every day with lightning speed and perfect reliability. As a Member of Technical Staff - Inference, you will design and optimize large-scale model serving systems end-to-end. You will own everything from distributed infrastructure (global KV cache, continuous batching, load balancing, auto-scaling) to deep low-level optimizations (GPU kernels, quantization, speculative decoding, tail latency). This is a high-impact role where your work directly determines how fast and reliably users interact with Grok at massive scale. Responsibilities: - Architect and implement scalable distributed infrastructure for model serving (load balancing, auto-scaling, batch scheduling, global KV cache). - Optimize latency and throughput of model inference under real production workloads. - Build reliable, high-concurrency serving systems that serve billions of users with 100% uptime, 0% error rate, and excellent tail latency. - Benchmark, fine-tune, and accelerate inference engines (including low-level GPU kernel work and code generation). - Develop custom tools to trace, replay, and fix issues across the full stack — from orchestration down to GPU kernels. - Create robust CI/CD infrastructure for seamless endpoint deployment, image publishing, and inference engine updates. - Accelerate research on scaling test-time compute, RL rollout, and model-hardware co-design for next-generation systems. Basic Qualifications: - Deep low-level systems programming (C/C++ or Rust) - Experience with large-scale, high-concurrent production serving - Experience with GPU inference engines (vLLM, SGLang, Triton, TensorRT-LLM, etc.) - Strong background in system optimizations: batching, caching, load balancing, parallelism - Low-level inference optimizations: GPU kernels, code generation - Algorithmic inference optimizations: quantization, speculative decoding, distillation, low-precision numerics - Experience with testing, benchmarking, and reliability of inference services - Experience designing and implementing CI/CD infrastructure for inference Compensation and Benefits: - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Equity compensation - Medical, vision, and dental coverage - 401(k) retirement plan - Short and long-term disability insurance - Life insurance - Additional discounts and perks SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Applied Engineer role focused on building and scaling recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, and AI-driven search technologies for products serving hundreds of millions of users. The position involves developing machine learning infrastructure, real-time experimentation, and large-scale deep learning applications using modern AI frameworks and data systems. 🗂️ Requirements: Knowledge of Kafka, Clickhouse, and Spark, Experience implementing recommender systems at industrial scale, Experience with deep learning applications at industrial scale, Proficiency in JAX or PyTorch, Ability to design scalable machine learning systems, Strong communication skills, Hands-on engineering approach 📃 Skills: Kafka, Clickhouse, Spark, JAX, PyTorch, CUDA, Python, AI, ML 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: We're seeking exceptional Applied engineers to join a high-priority project that approximately 600 million monthly users use. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals with an engineer or scientist background to apply their skills to recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, search technologies, and many other systems. You'll work at the intersection of advanced AI development and real-world impact, enhancing the ability to connect users with relevant content, accounts, and experiences. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Designing and architecting recommendation algorithms across various product surfaces - Leverage all of xAI's infra and AI stacks to dramatically enhance the user experience - Write data pipelines and training jobs that continuously learn from product data - Iterate and improve the algorithm by gathering user feedback in real time through experimentation - Ensuring scalability and efficiency of machine learning systems BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Knowledge of data infrastructure like Kafka, Clickhouse, and Spark - Experienced in implementing recommender systems and/or deep learning applications at industrial scale - Skilled in one or more DL software frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch - Exceptional candidates may be experienced in writing CUDA kernels COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: - $180,000 - $440,000 USD - Base salary is one part of the total rewards package and includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and additional discounts and perks. SpaceXAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Role for an exceptional software engineer to tackle the company’s highest-priority AI and technical challenges in a hands-on, high-performance environment. The position emphasizes engineering excellence, initiative, strong communication, and alignment with truth-seeking AI research. Compensation includes high base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. 🗂️ Requirements: Exceptional software engineering skills, Strong communication skills, Ability to work hands-on on critical technical challenges, Experience thriving in meritocratic environments, Strong prioritization and initiative, Interest in truth-seeking AI systems 📃 Skills: AI, Software, Engineering 🏢 Description: ABOUT THE ROLE: You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time. You will get clarity on your first project before an offer. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: • You believe truth-seeking AI is the most important and challenging problem. • You take pride in your work and thrive in meritocratic environments. • You are an exceptional software engineer. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: • $180,000 - $440,000 USD • Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. • Equal opportunity employer.

🏢 Summary: Opportunity for an exceptional software engineer to work on high-priority AI product and technical challenges in a hands-on, fast-paced environment focused on truth-seeking AI. The role offers direct impact, a meritocratic culture, and clarity on the initial project before hiring. 🗂️ Requirements: Exceptional software engineering skills, Strong communication skills, Ability to work hands-on in a flat organizational structure, Strong prioritization and work ethic, Interest in truth-seeking AI, Ability to thrive in meritocratic environments 📃 Skills: AI, Software, Engineering 🏢 Description: ABOUT THE ROLE: You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time. You will get clarity on your first project before an offer. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: You believe truth-seeking AI is the most important and challenging problem. You take pride in your work and thrive in meritocratic environments. You are an exceptional software engineer. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $180,000 - $440,000 USD Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. Equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.

🏢 Summary: Role for an exceptional software engineer focused on solving the company’s highest-priority AI and technical challenges in a hands-on, fast-paced environment. The position emphasizes engineering excellence, initiative, strong communication, and work on truth-seeking AI systems. Compensation includes high base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. 🗂️ Requirements: Exceptional software engineering skills, Strong communication skills, Ability to work hands-on in a flat organizational structure, Strong prioritization and work ethic, Interest in truth-seeking AI, Ability to thrive in meritocratic and high-performance environments 📃 Skills: AI, Software, Engineering 🏢 Description: ABOUT THE ROLE: You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time. You will get clarity on your first project before an offer. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: • You believe truth-seeking AI is the most important and challenging problem. • You take pride in your work and thrive in meritocratic environments. • You are an exceptional software engineer. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: • $180,000 - $440,000 USD • Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. • Equal opportunity employer. • Recruitment Privacy Notice available for data processing details.

🏢 Summary: The role involves tackling the company’s highest-priority product or technical challenges in a hands-on engineering environment focused on truth-seeking AI. Candidates are expected to be exceptional software engineers who thrive in meritocratic, high-performance teams with strong communication and prioritization skills. 🗂️ Requirements: Exceptional software engineering skills, Strong communication skills, Ability to work hands-on in a flat organizational structure, Strong prioritization skills, Ability to thrive in meritocratic environments, Interest in truth-seeking AI challenges 📃 Skills: AI, Software, Engineering 🏢 Description: 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 individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. ABOUT THE ROLE: You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time. You will get clarity on your first project before an offer. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: You believe truth-seeking AI is the most important and challenging problem. You take pride in your work and thrive in meritocratic environments. You are an exceptional software engineer. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $180,000 - $440,000 USD Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. Equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view the Recruitment Privacy Notice.