Backend Engineer xAI · United Kingdom Mid posted ago

# Backend EngineerxAI
· United Kingdom
· Mid
· Onsite View & Apply## About xAIxAI’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 engineers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.## About the team

In this role you will work on xAI's production systems that power  and the API. The actual team matching will happen at the offer stage.## About the Role As an ideal candidate you have a good understanding of how highly scalable and reliable production infrastructure is built. You strive for perfection and listen carefully to your users in order to solve any pain points they might experience.

Most of our backend infrastructure is written in Rust. So familiarity with a compiled language such as C++, Rust, or Go is highly beneficial.## Requirements:
* Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++,
* Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems,
* Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices,