Engineering Lead - Consumer Subscriptions

Pantera Capital; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Job summary

A technology firm in Palo Alto is seeking an Engineering Lead for Consumer Subscriptions. This role involves owning the billing infrastructure for subscriptions, leading an engineering team, and designing promotional offer systems. Ideal candidates will possess a strong software engineering background with experience in large-scale systems and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences. The position offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Exceptional software engineering background with experience in large-scale systems.
• Proven ability to influence and lead technical teams.
• Strong track record delivering backend systems for consumer applications.

Responsibilities

• Own the billing infrastructure for subscriptions ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Design promotional offer infrastructure to enhance revenue.
• Implement market-specific billing methods for global expansion.

Skills

Software engineering

Systems architecture

Leadership

High-performance programming

Tools

Go

Python

Java

Rust

Job description

About xAI

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the role:

As the Engineering Lead for Consumer Subscriptions (X Premium & SuperGrok), you will own the entire billing and monetization infrastructure powering one of X's fastest-growing revenue organizations. You will build and lead the dedicated engineering team responsible for subscriptions, promotions, global payments, and personalized user experiences at massive scale. This high-impact leadership role offers the opportunity to directly drive significant revenue growth while architecting systems that serve hundreds of millions of users worldwide and shape the future of premium AI and social products.

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.

Basic 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.

Preferred skills and experience:

• 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.

Compensation and benefits:

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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