Software Engineer - Consumer Subscriptions
xAI· Engineering
Palo Alto, CA$180k - $440kfull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Engineer responsible for the end-to-end billing and monetization infrastructure powering SpaceXSI's subscriptions (X Premium & SuperGrok), leading the engineering team, and delivering scalable, revenue-generating systems for hundreds of millions of users.
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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
Required:Large-scale backend systemsLeadership of engineering teams
Benefits
- equity
- comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- short & long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- various other discounts and perks
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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