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Software Engineer - Core Services

x.ai
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/13/2025

Are you prepared to join the X team and help build the ultimate real-time information-sharing app, revolutionizing how people connect? At X, we're on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

Role : Software Engineer - Core Services (All Levels)

Location : Palo Alto, New York

Base Salary Range : $127,000 to $297,000 USD

Who We Are :

At X, we're pioneering the frontier of technology with our innovative Everything App. Our mission is to revolutionize how people connect, share ideas, and engage in meaningful conversations. We champion freedom of speech and strive to create a platform that embraces diverse perspectives. Our commitment is to foster open dialogue and empower individuals to express themselves freely.

We value :

  • Writing code rather than documents
  • Shipping products rather than talking about roadmaps
  • Big features rather than changing button colors

If this sounds like you, let's talk.

Who You Are : We're looking for exceptional engineers who are passionate about our mission and have a strong desire to make a meaningful impact. The ideal candidate will have :

  • Proficient in Scala / Java or similar language; an expert in majority of language constructs, able to apply them fluently to solve fairly complex problems.
  • Designed a non-trivial distributed system (multi-tier) - storage layers, caching layers, application layers, understanding of failure modes, which are significantly different vs non-dist systems, expertise with caching (memcached and / or redis) at scale.
  • Microservice Architecture experience, especially with high throughput and low-latency systems.
  • Experience with performance tuning.
  • Has done a complex systems migration involving multiple phases with dark reads, dark writes, light reads, light writes.
  • What You'll Do :

    In this role, you will :

  • Work in a fast paced, collaborative environment where ideas are discussed and challenged openly.
  • Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read / write paths for Posts, Users, Social relationships, and more.
  • Identify major system bottlenecks, or flaws in business logic, and proactively address them.
  • Take ownership over core product problems, be able to come up with your own solutions that you love, and prove through data that it is impactful at scale.
  • Work across the stack to solve problems, there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you.
  • Salary : $127,000 - $297,000

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