Software Engineer, Media

United States·Palo Alto,Seattlelead

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Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

Build the next generation of large-scale video services Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go) Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media…

Technical Tools

cppjavakubernetesrustscaladistributed-systems

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

We’re looking for exceptional media engineers who want to join us on a new project to deeply integrate SpaceXSI's advanced AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month. We’re bringing SpaceXSI's technology stack and using it to transform the video product experience - video playback, live streaming, Spaces, audio/video calls, and more. This is your chance to contribute in a major way while leveraging all of the powerful AI tools and talented colleagues at SpaceXSI.

Responsibilities

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→Build the next generation of large-scale video services
→Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++, or Go)
→Ensure end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

Requirements

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5+ years of experience in building media, video, or streaming systems
Experience with high-performance C++ or Go

In-depth knowledge of WebRTC, LL-HLS, or video transcoding pipelines
Experience building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems
Experience with one or more of the following languages: Go, C++, Rust, Java, or Scala
Experience with Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey, Envoy, or S3
Familiarity with formats such as H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, RTP, RTMP, LL-HLS, HDR, and DRM
Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience

What We Offer

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$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job

Palo Alto, United States

On-site at the office

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About this job

Pay per year: $180,000–$440,000 a year; 64% above the $189,182 median for Software Engineer jobs on Jobera (6,747 salaries).
Who can apply: United States
Posted: 218 days ago
Employer: has 309 open jobs on Jobera in 7 countries.