# Security Engineer, Kubernetes 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: Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $198K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-20
- Apply by: 2026-12-04
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/5270340007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xai-security-engineer-kubernetes/

## About the role

We protect the platform that runs X and SpaceXSI. We don’t just report issues, we actively look for real risks and exploits in our Kubernetes environments and turn them into durable fixes and tooling. You will secure the platform behind X and SpaceXSI’s infrastructure, products, and workloads. If you know pod and platform security, think in attack paths, and want to build the defenses that make the platform safer at scale, we want to hear from you. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years in platform security, Kubernetes security, or offensive security against production infrastructure
- Open to working out of one of our offices: Palo Alto, Austin, DC, or New York

Tags: Information Security

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xai-security-engineer-kubernetes/