xAI
Software Engineer, Media
$180K–$440K
Palo Alto, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Jul 30, 2025
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Seattle, WA
Palo Alto, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years in media, video, or streaming systems.
About the job
Build and improve large-scale media services and processing pipelines for video playback, live streaming, Spaces, and audio/video calls.
What you'll do
- Build the next generation of large-scale video services.
- Contribute to and rebuild media processing and distribution pipelines using high-performance languages.
- Ensure media quality and performance across products and user platforms at scale.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience building media, video, or streaming systems.
- Experience with high-performance C++ or Go.
Nice to have
- In-depth knowledge of WebRTC, LL-HLS, or video transcoding pipelines.
- Experience with scalable distributed systems or one or more listed languages, platforms, and media formats.
Pay
$180,000 - $440,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C++, Go, WebRTC, LL-HLS, Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey
AI focus
Integrate SpaceXSI's advanced AI infrastructure into the media product experience.
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