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Sr. Software Engineer, Network (C++)

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15 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USA or Seattle, WA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$200k - $375k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop routing and traffic-engineering algorithms for a high-performance datacenter network.
  • Develop reliable real-time software running on network switches that support the AI training fabric.
  • Lead or participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • Prototype and run experiments at small and full-cluster scale.
  • Build software development, deployment, data analysis, visualization, and testing tools.
  • Deploy software updates through continuous integration and release systems with rigorous testing and monitoring.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another technical discipline, or 5+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Development experience in C or C++.
  • Preferred: strong professional experience writing high-performance C/C++ in production environments.
  • Preferred: experience developing, debugging, and deploying software at scale in real-world systems.
  • Preferred: deep knowledge of UDP, TCP/IP, RDMA, distributed systems, and large-scale datacenter fabrics.
  • Preferred: background in real-time systems, high-performance computing, low-latency networking, or resource-constrained environments.
  • Preferred: experience with security considerations in large-scale distributed systems.
  • Preferred: strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and engineering skills.

Benefits

  • Equity and comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, discounts, and other perks.

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About xAI

1,001-5,000 employees

Understand the Universe. We are a team of AI technologists and business leaders on a mission to build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better. https://x.ai/careers

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