Sr. Software Engineer, Media is open at xAI in Palo Alto, CA. The posting gives a salary of $180K - $330K. Posted on Jul 30, 2025, and still on xAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Build the next generation of large-scale video services on X, spanning on-demand playback, live streaming, Spaces, and real-time audio/video calls Design, build, and scale real-time audio/video calling infrastructure, including 1:1 and multi-party calls, using WebRTC and related real-time protocols (RTP/RTCP, SRTP, ICE/STUN/TURN) Architect and operate media servers (SFU/MCU) that route, mix, and forward streams for…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on xAI’s careers page.
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