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xAI

Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services

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senior full-time $150,000 - $250,000 Palo Alto, CA

First indexed 22 Jun 2026

Description

Job Overview

As a Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services at xAI, you'll be part of the Network Software and Services for AI (nssAI) team. You'll build cutting-edge software, services, and frameworks to empower Network Development Engineers. Your work will involve all facets of network management, including metric collection, configuration, zero-touch provisioning, monitoring, and auto-remediation. You'll drive automation-first solutions for xAI's production and ancillary networks, developing extensible tools, streamlining complex processes, and ensuring high reliability.

Responsibilities

You'll focus on:

  • Building software and tools with extensive metrics coverage for large GPU supercomputing network fabrics used for AI training and serving customer inference queries.
  • Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, enhancing deployment pipelines, and ensuring robust, secure service delivery across production environments.

Requirements and Preferences

  • Deep experience collaborating with network engineers, using extensive knowledge of network topologies and protocols.
  • Expert knowledge and proven history in designing scalable and reliable software from scratch that can build and orchestrate tens of thousands of network devices quickly.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity, creating metrics to prioritize team focus and your own.

Technical Skills

  • Python
  • Go
  • TCP/IP
  • BGP
  • RDMA

Compensation

The annual salary range is $150,000 - $250,000.

Benefits

The total rewards package at xAI 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.

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/4946696007