xai
Network Engineer - AI/HPC
At a Glance
- Location
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Posted
- 2026-03-09T17:47:33-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
- Insurance
- Medical
Compensation & Benefits
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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Responsibilities
xAI was first in the world to build a 100k GPU cluster on an ethernet network and then did it again in 92 days, floors, walls and all.
xAI is building at a furious pace with the latest hardware to help people understand the universe.
To make the next significant leap forward, we need to own our own destiny by understanding our current network performance and availability and then optimize it to our training models and how we execute customer inference queries.
You will spend most of your days deep inside NCCL, building metric dashboards and tweaking configurations to ensure no performance is left on the table.
You will help design the next iteration of our backend and front-end networks that will allow us to seamlessly build-out new GPU infrastructure with little to no engineering assistance.
About the Company
xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.
Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.
We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.
All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.