Developer Experience - Backend & Infra

About xAI

xAI’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 engineers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the Role

In this role, you work on our internal developer tooling. The goal of the team is to increase the productivity across the entire organization by building and improving applications for debugging local environments, visualizing production data, and speeding up our CI pipelines.

An ideal candidate meets at least the following requirements:

1. Expert knowledge of Python


2. Experience using Docker and Kubernetes


3. Some familiarity with Rust and/or C++

Location

The role is based in our London office close to the Piccadilly Circus underground station. We usually work from the office 5 days a week but allow for work-from-home days when required. Candidates must be willing to attend late meetings at least twice a week to coordinate with the rest of our team, which is based in California.

Interview 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 questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of two technical interviews.

Our goal is to finish the process within one week. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet.

Benefits

• Competitive cash-based compensation


• xAI equity


• Private health and dental insurance

xAI is an equal opportunity employer.

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