Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services

Summary

Join xAI's nssAI team and build cutting-edge software, services, and frameworks to empower Network Development Engineers. You will tackle all facets of network management, driving automation-first solutions for xAI's production and ancillary networks. Develop extensible tools, streamline complex processes, and ensure rock-solid reliability to support xAI's mission. The role is based in Palo Alto, California, Memphis, Tennessee, or remotely, with travel expected to Palo Alto and the data center. You will focus on building software and tools with extensive metrics coverage for large GPU supercomputing network fabrics. Implement IaC best practices and ensure robust, secure service delivery. xAI offers a competitive total rewards package including equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, and various discounts and perks.

Responsibilities

• Build cutting-edge software, services, and frameworks to empower our Network Development Engineers
• Work hands-on, tackling all facets of network management—metric collection, configuration, zero-touch provisioning, monitoring, and auto-remediation—driving automation-first solutions for xAI’s production and ancillary networks
• Develop extensible tools, streamline complex processes, and ensure rock-solid reliability to support xAI’s mission of accelerating human scientific discovery through AI
• Building software and tools with extensive metrics coverage for some of the world’s largest GPU supercomputing network fabrics used for AI training and serving customer inference queries
• Implement IaC best practices, enhancing deployment pipelines, and ensuring robust, secure service delivery across our production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience collaborating with network engineers daily using extensive knowledge of network topologies, physical and logical, and network protocols
• Expert knowledge and proven history with designing scalable and reliable software from the ground up that can build and orchestrate tens of thousands of network devices at lightning speeds
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, creating metrics that will help prioritize the focus of the team and your own

Benefits

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, 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