Xai
Backend Engineer - Product SafetySan Francisco & Palo Alto, CA
Xai, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Backend Engineer - Product Safety
Join a pioneering team at xAI to ensure our AI products are safe, reliable, and exceptional for users worldwide. We're shaping the future of AI innovation, delivering trustworthy and delightful experiences at scale. As a Backend Engineer on the Product Safety team, you'll build robust, high-performance systems to safeguard our AI, tackling complex challenges to impact millions. This is your chance to redefine AI safety. Build distributed systems to enforce safety and integrity at scale. Create frameworks for monitoring and moderation to stay ahead of risks. Collaborate with top engineers and AI experts on seamless, user-focused safety features. Drive projects from concept to production with speed and precision. A proactive problem-solver who turns ideas into reality. Experienced in designing high-performance, high-load systems for production. Passionate about AI safety and building trusted, impactful products. (Strong plus) Background in product safety or moderation platforms. (Strong plus) Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Python (required) Rust (strongly preferred) Scala (familiarity preferred) RESTful APIs, gRPC Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes SQL/NoSQL databases Major cloud service providers (CSPs) or on-prem deployments 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 phone screening with a member of the team. If you clear that interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four steps: Coding in Python Round 1. Coding in Python Round 2. Coding in Python & System Design. Meet & Greet with the wider team. Our goal is to finish the main process within one week. There will be at least one in-person interview. $180,000 - $440,000 USD xAI is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, medical conditions, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: xAI reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: Access to information technology systems and confidential information, including proprietary and trade secret information, and/or user data; Interacting with internal and/or external clients and colleagues; and Exercising sound judgment.
Join a pioneering team at xAI to ensure our AI products are safe, reliable, and exceptional for users worldwide. We're shaping the future of AI innovation, delivering trustworthy and delightful experiences at scale. As a Backend Engineer on the Product Safety team, you'll build robust, high-performance systems to safeguard our AI, tackling complex challenges to impact millions. This is your chance to redefine AI safety. Build distributed systems to enforce safety and integrity at scale. Create frameworks for monitoring and moderation to stay ahead of risks. Collaborate with top engineers and AI experts on seamless, user-focused safety features. Drive projects from concept to production with speed and precision. A proactive problem-solver who turns ideas into reality. Experienced in designing high-performance, high-load systems for production. Passionate about AI safety and building trusted, impactful products. (Strong plus) Background in product safety or moderation platforms. (Strong plus) Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Python (required) Rust (strongly preferred) Scala (familiarity preferred) RESTful APIs, gRPC Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes SQL/NoSQL databases Major cloud service providers (CSPs) or on-prem deployments 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 phone screening with a member of the team. If you clear that interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four steps: Coding in Python Round 1. Coding in Python Round 2. Coding in Python & System Design. Meet & Greet with the wider team. Our goal is to finish the main process within one week. There will be at least one in-person interview. $180,000 - $440,000 USD xAI is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, medical conditions, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: xAI reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: Access to information technology systems and confidential information, including proprietary and trade secret information, and/or user data; Interacting with internal and/or external clients and colleagues; and Exercising sound judgment.