Mobile Android Engineer at xAI

London, England, United KingdomProductPosted 8 months ago

About the role

As published on xAI's job board, updated Oct 28, 2026.

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

MOBILE ANDROID ENGINEER

We're seeking an exceptional Android engineer to join a small, high-impact team dedicated to creating the world's most valuable AI application, judged by the impact it delivers to users. You'll shape cutting-edge mobile experiences, blending technical mastery with a keen product sense to deliver brilliance that resonates with users. You will work on the most critical product or technical challenge at any given time.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and reactive programming

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • A proven track record of shipping standout apps or features that demonstrate both technical excellence and exceptional product intuition
  • Deep expertise in the Android ecosystem and related development tools (Android Studio, Gradle, etc.)
  • Rust for working with our backend components.
  • Strong product sense and high craft bar, building intuitive and delightful user experiences
  • Strong sense of ownership and agency, able to put on multiple hats and take responsibility for large areas
  • Able to optimize for performance, stability, and reliability
  • Experience in architecting modern large production apps while embodying technical excellence

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

£107,000 - £262,000 GBP

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, cash plan, income protection, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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About xAI

AI company (now operating as SpaceXSI) that builds the Grok models, the Colossus compute clusters and Grok apps and API.

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