Software Engineer, Safety

• Develop and maintain backend and data systems to support high-scale event processing for abuse detection, spam remediation, child safety, and related safety tooling.
• Architect scalable distributed systems capable of processing thousands of events per second to mitigate platform threats.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to address complex safety challenges and drive impactful solutions.
• Write clean, efficient code primarily in Scala and Go, utilizing Map-Reduce frameworks like Scalding and scripting in Python.

This role creates positive change by building advanced systems to ensure compliance with Terms of Service and safeguard users from threats like abuse, spam, and fraud, promoting a secure and trusted global digital public square.

• 5+ years in software engineering roles, with a focus on backend or data systems
• Proven experience building and operating scalable software services
• Strong generalist skills, with familiarity in distributed systems
• Enjoyment of 0-to-1 environments, where you trail blaze novel engineering solutions

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, 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.