# Member of Technical Staff – Web Foundations

**Company**: xAI
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $180,000 - $440,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/5063930007
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bc116cd3-62a

## Description

## About the Role:

We're looking for exceptional Fullstack / Web Engineers to work across the stack but have a passion for frontend development and a keen eye for design.

You'll architect and optimise user-facing features that power real-time conversations for millions worldwide. (pipe) Dive into cutting-edge technologies and scalable backend systems, collaborating with top-tier talent to push the boundaries of web performance and innovation.

You have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you proactively tackle high-impact challenges that shape the future of social media,perfect for engineers passionate about crafting seamless, responsive experiences that drive global engagement and redefine digital interaction.

## Responsibilities:

- Own and drive features from inception and design to implementation and launch, being the web expert on your team.

- Build and maintain high-quality, performant products and features, leveraging the most modern and cutting-edge web standards, technologies, frameworks, and AI tooling.

- Responsible for fullstack features, including user dashboards, personalised experiences, content delivery, interactive tools, assessments, and real-time analytics

- Lead architecture, scalability, and reliability decisions for high-concurrency, low-latency systems.

- Uphold engineering excellence via testing, monitoring, deployment, and secure data handling.

- Drive technical/product decisions with teams and deploy global features to maximise user value.

## Basic Qualifications:

- 2+ years of web development experience.

- Expert in TypeScript, Node.js, and modern web frameworks (e.g., React).

- Expert in modern CSS/SASS

- Experience in high-quality UI and UX design

- Proven track record of optimising applications for performance, security, and offline functionality.

## Preferred Skills and Experience:

- 5+ years of experience in a web frontend role, working on a large scale consumer app.

- Experience with backend development, proficiency in one or more of the following: Rust, Go, Java, Python, Scala.

## Skills

### Required
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- React
- modern CSS/SASS
- UI and UX design

### Nice to have
- Rust
- Go
- Java
- Python
- Scala