About the position
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 engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates. We're looking for exceptional media engineers who want to join us on a new project to integrate xAI's advanced AI infrastructure deeply into the X Platform. X is used by around 600 million users every month. We're bringing xAI's technology stack to X and using it to transform the video product experience - video playback, live streaming, Spaces, audio/video calls, and more. This is your chance to contribute to X in a major way while leveraging all of the powerful AI tools and talented colleagues we have at xAI.
Responsibilities
- Build the next generation of large-scale video services at X
- Contribute to and rebuild core media processing pipelines in high performance languages (Rust/C++)
- Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms
Requirements
- Proficient in high performance Rust or C++
- In-depth knowledge and experience building high performance media processing pipelines
- Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience
