TL;DR
Software Engineer, Grok Chat Product (AI): Building a user-facing chat portal and related experiences at grok.com with an accent on scalable frontends, APIs, and features. Focus on delivering a seamless and intuitive chat interface to amplify human productivity across various domains.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $180,000 - $440,000 USD
Company
xAI is focused on creating AI systems that accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.
What you will do
- Design and deliver scalable user-facing features and APIs for Grok's chat experience.
- Innovate on frameworks for rapid experimentation to iterate quickly and keep Grok leading in reasoning and utility.
- Architect high-performance systems for personalized, reliable interactions at a global scale.
- Build and optimize data pipelines using real-time user signals to continuously improve the product.
- Own projects from ideation to deployment and monitoring, gathering feedback to refine the seamless portal vision.
Requirements
- Proactive self-starter who turns bold ideas into high-impact realities with focused execution.
- Expert in TypeScript, Python, or Rust, with experience crafting clean, maintainable code.
- Skilled in scalable architectures, Kubernetes, observability, and production tuning for performance/reliability.
- Track record shipping consumer-facing products to millions, emphasizing user delight and feedback.
- Passionate about AI's transformative potential and committed to building indispensable tools users rely on daily.
Culture & 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.
Hiring process
- Practical coding assessment in a language of your choice.
- Systems design hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
- Project deep-dive: Present and answer questions about exceptional work that you’ve done.