X9 Salary

💰 $183K–$300K salary range

Median: $244K  ·  Based on 84 public X9 job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This X9 salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at X9

• Head of ML/AI Exploration, Architecture, & Engineering — $307K–$422K · Software Engineering
• Senior Intellectual Property Counsel — $266K–$350K · Legal
• Technical Lead, Materra — $248K–$341K · Software Engineering
• Applied ML Research Lead, NLP, X’s Moonshot for Specialized Professional Intelligence — $248K–$330K · Software Engineering
• Moonshot Explorer, X — $221K–$328K · Future Moonshots
• Rapid Evaluator - AI/ML, X — $221K–$328K · Future Moonshots

X9 salary by department

• Future Moonshots: $328K median (4 roles)
• Software Engineering: $300K median (40 roles)
• People Operations: $238K median (3 roles)
• Program Management: $231K median (4 roles)
• Operations: $201K median (4 roles)
• Internship: $157K median (16 roles)

X9 salary by seniority

• Mid: $185K median (39)
• Senior: $241K median (10)
• Staff: $300K median (11)
• Lead: $282K median (7)
• Manager: $264K median (14)

X9 salary by location

• New York: $288K median (3 roles)

Remote work at X9

0% of X9's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What X9 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (30) · GCP (29) · AWS (15) · Azure (11) · CI/CD (11) · Terraform (10) · Java (9) · PyTorch (8) · Go (7) · TensorFlow (7).

Benefits & perks at X9

Commonly listed: dental (19) · vision (19) · 401k (19) · pto (19).

About X9

X9 is Late Stage stage · 11–50 employees · founded 1995 · HQ Wallingford, Connecticut. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at X9

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 52 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 71% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

X9 total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

X9 hiring activity

X9 has 55 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 84 public job postings with disclosed pay. 14 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (84 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does X9 pay?
The median base salary is $244K, with a typical range of $183K–$300K, based on 84 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at X9?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of ML/AI Exploration, Architecture, & Engineering, at $307K–$422K base.

Which team pays the most at X9?
The Future Moonshots team, at a $328K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 84 public X9 job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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