Software Engineer, Linux Kernel is open at xAI in Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA. The posting gives a salary of $140K - $225K. Posted on Aug 3, 2026, and still on xAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Build and maintain the lean, high-reliability Linux-based operating system that underpins our supercomputer network fabric Write (or rewrite) high-performance device drivers to extract the maximum physical capability from our network and compute hardware Manage deployment, operation, and debugging of our platform in production, including: rigorous resolution and root-causing of anomalies to ensure the system is…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on xAI’s careers page.
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