Senior Data Engineer - Consumer Subscriptions

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ABOUT xAI</span></strong></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.</span></p></div><h3><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE:</strong></h3> <p>We’re seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Consumer Subscriptions team. You will own the analytics foundation for X Premium and SuperGrok — one of X’s fastest-growing revenue organizations. You will dive deep into the entire consumer subscription ecosystem, turning massive-scale data into clear, actionable insights that drive strategic decisions, optimize revenue, and shape product direction. This high-impact role combines rigorous statistical analysis, compelling visualization, and hands-on data engineering to monitor performance, measure impact, surface opportunities, and ensure every initiative moves the needle.</p> <h3><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Own end-to-end analysis of the consumer subscriptions ecosystem — including acquisition, conversion, retention, churn, revenue, pricing, promotions, bundles, and global performance.</li> <li>Build and maintain high-impact dashboards and visualizations that give the team real-time visibility into key metrics and trends.</li> <li>Perform deep statistical analysis and experimentation to quantify the impact of new features, offers, communications, and market expansions.</li> <li>Identify where the team should focus next by uncovering growth opportunities, user behavior patterns, and optimization levers.</li> <li>Design and run ongoing monitoring systems and automated audits to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance at scale.</li> <li>Write efficient code (SQL, Python, etc.) to extract, transform, and analyze complex datasets from multiple sources.</li> <li>Translate complex findings into clear, compelling narratives and recommendations that influence engineering, product, and business strategy.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience as a data analyst (or equivalent) with a proven track record in revenue, subscription, or growth analytics.</li> <li>Strong SQL and Python proficiency (pandas, numpy, etc.) for data extraction, cleaning, and analysis.</li> <li>Deep experience with statistical methods, A/B testing, cohort analysis, and causal inference.</li> <li>Strong familiarity with subscription metrics and modeling (LTV, churn, retention, conversion, revenue attribution, etc.).</li> <li>Skilled at building intuitive dashboards and visualizations (Looker, Tableau, Metabase, or Python-based tools).</li> <li>Ability to handle large-scale data with a strong emphasis on accuracy, rigor, and storytelling.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Prior work in consumer subscriptions, billing, payments, or monetization analytics at scale.</li> <li>Experience with BigQuery and real-time analytics pipelines.</li> <li>Strong product intuition and the ability to connect data insights directly to business outcomes.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS;</strong></h3> <p>$180,000 - $440,000 USD</p> <p>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 &amp; long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our&nbsp;</em><em><a href="https://x.ai/legal/recruitment-privacy-notice" target="_blank">Recruitment Privacy Notice</a>.</em></p></div>