# Network Engineer at xAI

- Company: xAI
- What the company does: SpaceXAI builds Grok — frontier AI models for reasoning, voice, image generation, and more. Build with the Grok API. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://x.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/5235761007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xai-network-engineer/

## About the role

SpacexAI is building and operating large-scale networks that underpin training and inference infrastructure, including high-performance / supercompute fabrics that connect GPU clusters, plus the core, edge, and datacenter networks that keep that infrastructure reachable and reliable.

## What they're looking for

- Several years designing and/or operating production networks in a datacenter, ISP, cloud, or large enterprise environment
- Solid hands-on experience with BGP and at least one interior routing protocol
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, EVPN/VXLAN or equivalent datacenter overlays, and optics / high-speed Ethernet
- Experience troubleshooting live production network incidents and participating in on-call
- Strong written and verbal communication, clear change docs and incident notes
- Willing to work onsite in Palo Alto

Tags: Engineering