# Sr. Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++)

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- **Id**: 3854839
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xai-sr-software-engineer-kernelscuda-c-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T01:33:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T12:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3005
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: LLM & Generative AI, Foundation Models, AI Research Labs

## Company

- **Id**: 28
- **Name**: xAI
- **Domain**: x.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 89
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.517
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 64
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 357000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 357000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **CUTLASS** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Sass** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T05:44:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 64
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 357000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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