c4495b98-541 Member of Technical Staff - Media We're seeking exceptional media engineers to join our team on a new project to deeply integrate xAI's advanced AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a major project while leveraging xAI's powerful AI tools and talented colleagues.

Responsibilities:

  • Build the next generation of large-scale video services
  • Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go)
  • Ensure end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

Basic Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of experience
  • Proficient in high-performance C++ or Go
  • In-depth knowledge of either WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines
  • Familiar with building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Go, C++, Rust, Java, Scala
  • Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey, Envoy, S3
  • H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, RTP, RTMP, LL-HLS, HDR, DRM

Compensation and Benefits: $180,000 - $440,000 USD Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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]]> full-time senior hybrid $180,000 - $440,000 USD high-performance C++ or Go, WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines, building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems, Go, C++, Rust, Java, Scala, Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey, Envoy, S3, H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, RTP, RTMP, LL-HLS, HDR, DRM Engineering Technology xAI https://logos.yubhub.co/xai.com.png xAI creates AI systems to understand the universe and aid humanity's pursuit of knowledge. https://www.xai.com/ https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/4805874007 Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA 2026-04-18