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Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure

xAI · Palo Alto, CA
Closed$180K - $330KSeniorRustC++

Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure at xAI in Palo Alto, CA is closed. It closed on Nov 13, 2026 and it no longer takes applications.

About the role

Design and build large scale search infrastructure (real-time indexing, serving, and data pipelines) that handles massive write and query loads with strict latency and reliability requirements Go deep into search internals (indexing, query execution, and relevance) and help shape the technical direction of the core search infrastructure Operate production services end to end, including monitoring, debugging…

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