Job Title: Ads Engineer

Salary

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Location

Palo Alto, CA (Candidates are expected to be located near the Bay Area or open to relocation.)

Employment Type

Full-time

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About xAI

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.

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. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.

All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

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About the Role

We’re looking for exceptional ads engineers who want to join us on a new project to integrate xAI’s advanced AI infrastructure deeply into the X Ads Platform. We’re looking for individuals who have built exceptional advertising products and systems at massive scale across bidding, auction, marketplace, ranking, prediction, and product. We’re bringing xAI’s technology stack to X and using it to transform our advertising stack.

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What You'll Do

• Be involved in the full array of xAI’s work, including ideation, experimentation, implementation, and maintenance of distributed systems and product features.
• Leverage all of xAI’s infra and AI stacks to dramatically enhance the advertising experience on X.
• Own and operate systems and products driving the majority of X’s revenue.

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Who You Are

• 3+ years of industry experience working with large-scale, high-throughput distributed advertising systems.
• Experience in building large scale and performant advertising systems: recommendations, prediction, and/or auction.

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Tech Stack

• Golang
• Python
• Rust
• gRPC

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Interview Process

1. Application Review: The team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work.
2. Phone Interview (15 minutes): A member of our team will ask some basic questions.
3. Main Technical Interviews (within one week):
   • Coding assessment in a language of your choice.
   • Systems hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
   • Project deep-dive: Present your past exceptional work to a small audience.
   • Meet and greet with the wider team.

All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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 stakeholders.