Engineering Lead - Consumer Subscriptions at xAI

Palo Alto, CA

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The Engineering Lead for Consumer Subscriptions at xAI will own and scale the billing and monetization infrastructure powering X's fastest-growing revenue organization. This high‑impact role includes building and leading a dedicated engineering team, designing global payment solutions, developing advanced promotional and communication systems, and driving product bundles and personalized user experiences at massive scale.

Salary

USD 180,000 - 440,000

Requirements

Skills

  • Exceptional software engineering background with deep experience building large-scale, high-stakes systems (billing, payments, or transactional platforms preferred).
  • Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence or directly manage engineering teams.
  • Strong track record delivering complex backend systems for consumer applications at scale.
  • Passion for revenue-generating products and creating exceptional user experiences.
  • 5+ years of experience working on large-scale consumer applications, ideally in monetization, subscriptions, or fintech.
  • Experience leading engineering efforts in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Expertise in distributed systems, global payments infrastructure, personalization engines, or A/B testing frameworks.
  • Proficiency with high-performance languages and tools such as Go, Python, Java, Rust, or similar.

Responsibilities

  • Own the complete billing infrastructure for consumer subscriptions end-to-end, ensuring world-class reliability, security, and scalability.
  • Design and build sophisticated promotional offer infrastructure and internal tools to supercharge the revenue organization.
  • Develop comprehensive communications systems enabling intelligent push, email, and in-app messaging that drive engagement and conversions.
  • Implement market-specific billing methods and compliance solutions to accelerate global expansion.
  • Architect compelling product bundles across the X ecosystem tailored to different markets and consumer needs.
  • Build intelligent models and systems that serve the right messages, offers, and information to users at the optimal time.
  • Recruit, build, and lead a high-performing Consumer Subscriptions engineering team.
  • Hands‑on ownership and development of key features for X Premium and SuperGrok products.

Technologies

GoPythonJavaRustdistributed systemsglobal payments infrastructurepersonalization enginesA/B testing frameworks

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