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X Money, the digital wallet and financial layer of Elon Musk’s ambitious super app vision, is seeking a technical leader to help develop a “new payment platform” designed to serve more than 600 million monthly users.
Elon Musk’s company xAI, which develops artificial intelligence infrastructure, has posted a job listing for a senior engineer to build a new payments platform for the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.
Although the job description does not mention cryptocurrencies or blockchain, the nature of the role suggests that X is building its own infrastructure rather than relying primarily on third-party providers.
“You will apply your experience in distributed systems, secure transactions, and highly available architectures to create reliable, scalable payment infrastructure… This is a rare opportunity to build a foundational product at the intersection of fintech and social platforms, enabling users to transfer money, access payment tools, and unlock new digital capabilities — all within X,” the job posting says.
The listing also notes that X Money will be a newly built, custom financial services infrastructure, rather than merely supporting existing payment layers or providers. Experience working in a “greenfield product environment” is listed as a bonus, suggesting development from the ground up.
The long-anticipated project has already attracted significant attention within the crypto community. The xAI job posting was reposted by Solana, whose representative Nikita Bier joined X as Head of Product in June.
Since January this year, X Money has repeatedly fueled user speculation about an upcoming financial app launch, though it has not yet materialized. However, the search for a technical leader suggests that Elon Musk’s plans to launch a digital wallet may finally move closer to reality.
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