xAI

xAI

Software Engineer, Ads Product

Palo Alto, CA · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$350kDetected 1 day ago
PythonJavaGoRustScalaReactDistributed SystemsgRPCMachine LearningData EngineeringLLMsA/B TestingResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • X Ads is one of the highest-leverage product areas at X.
  • You'll work on systems that operate at massive scale, directly affect the business, and are being rebuilt with modern infrastructure and AI at the center.
  • This is an opportunity to join a small, fast-moving team where early-career engineers can take on real ownership, learn from strong engineers, and ship products that matter.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship product features across the X Ads Platform.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product leads, and cross-functional partners to turn ideas into working products.
  • Debug, maintain, and improve production systems that serve real users and drive significant business impact.

Requirements

  • Ability to write clean, maintainable code and learn new codebases quickly.

Skills

  • Experience with ads, recommendations, search, ranking, marketplaces, payments, analytics, or growth systems.
  • Experience working with large-scale backend systems or data processing pipelines.
  • Experience with React, Golang, Python, Rust, gRPC, Java, or Scala.
  • Experience with machine learning, LLMs, experimentation, ranking, or optimization systems.
  • Prior startup, research, internship, or high-impact project experience.
  • Java / Scala
  • This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.
  • All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission.
  • Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.
  • All employees are expected to have strong communication skills.
  • They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
  • React

Compensation

  • $150,000 - $350,000 USD

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.

This listing is sourced directly from xAI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.