Member of Technical Staff - Macrohard / Computer Control - Compute Infrastructure (Virtualization, Orchestration)

xAI • Palo Alto, CA

102d • $180,000 - $440,000

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Deep technical expertise in virtualization (KVM, Xen, QEMU) and containerization technologies (e.g., Kata, Firecracker, gVisor, Sysbox) with industrial experience in Linux kernel development, system programming, or low-level software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in systems programming languages like C/C++ and Rust.
• Proven ability to profile and debug complex system-level performance issues, with a strong grasp of Linux resource management, scheduling, and memory management.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage massive clusters to host, persist, and serve CUA at scale.
• Develop and contribute to our in-house container orchestration platform, pushing scalability far beyond the capabilities of systems like Kubernetes.
• Collaborate closely with research teams to build and optimize clusters for large scale training runs and applications built around CUA.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees