xAI
Member of Technical Staff
Palo Alto, CA · Staff+
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
The bottom of this range ($22,000) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $152,797. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence.
- This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.
- We operate with a flat organizational structure.
Requirements
- Experience with Java, Scala, Python, NodeJS, and React
- Experience with backend development, including building scalable services and frameworks
- Experience with large language models and recommendation algorithms
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure management
- Experience with safety-related content classification
- Must have 1 year of experience in each of the following:
- 1 year of experience in each of the following:
- Deploy and maintain production services, while finding ways to minimize the ongoing effort required to operate these services.
Compensation
- $180,000 - $220,00 per year
Equal opportunity
- xAI is an equal opportunity employer.
This listing is sourced directly from xAI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.