Why X Prize Foundation
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedDrives radical breakthroughs to benefit humanity, inspiring new industries and revitalizing markets.
- X Prize Foundation, INC. ("X Prize") is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) delaware corporation fostering and sponsoring competition to create innovative breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The Foundation conducts competitions in seven Prize groups: learning and society, climate and energy, food…$37.5M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenXPRIZE Overview XPRIZE is an established global leader in designing and executing large-scale competitions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. As a 501(c)3, our unique model democratizes innovation by incentivizing crowd-sourced, scientifically viable solutions to create a more equitable and abundant future for all. Since our founding in 1994, we’ve launched $519 million in prize competitions that are driving more than $31 billion in social and economic impact — a 60x return on philanthropic investment. These competitions not only de-risk early-stage breakthrough ideas but also mobilize capital, talent, and momentum to accelerate solutions from concept to real-world scale.
We operate across 5 areas of impact, including: Deep Tech + Exploration Energy + Climate + Nature Food + Water + Waste Health Learning + Society Project Description XPRIZE is seeking an experienced AI-Native Software Engineer to support the build of our new Prize Execution Platform — a unified system replacing our current, fragmented set of tools and expanding significantly on what they do today. The platform will manage the full lifecycle of an XPRIZE competition in a single ecosystem connecting four core user groups: XPRIZE staff , who design and configure competitions, manage milestones and timelines, oversee submission intake, coordinate judging, and track prize disbursement.
Competitors , who register teams, submit applications and milestone deliverables, track their progress through the competition lifecycle, and receive AI-assisted matchmaking with relevant mentors. Judges , who review and score submissions — supported by AI-assisted scoring and automated submission review tools that surface relevant context and flag issues before human review. Alumni , who stay connected to the XPRIZE ecosystem post-competition through community and continued-engagement features. AI is embedded directly into the product, not just the development process.
Core AI-powered capabilities include: AI-assisted judging and scoring to support judges with consistent, efficient evaluation. Automated submission review to pre-screen and triage incoming applications and deliverables. Competitor-mentor matchmaking to connect competing teams with relevant subject-matter mentors. An applicant-facing chatbot to answer questions and guide competitors through the application and submission process. This is a net-new platform, not a like-for-like migration — it will consolidate and significantly extend the capabilities of XPRIZE's current tooling.
The engagement will be built using spec-driven and AI-assisted development practices on a .NET, Angular/React, and Python stack. The ideal consultant can move quickly within a defined scope, work independently with minimal ramp-up, and deliver production-quality results on a set timeline — while also helping XPRIZE's internal engineering team build lasting capability in AI-assisted and spec-driven development practices. Scope of Work: Design, develop, and…
About X Prize Foundation
From its Form 990- Budget $47.5M · Public & Societal Benefit
- Staff 101 · founded 1994
- Pays its leaders $252K–$1.0M (12 reported)
- Open jobs 4 · Jobs at X Prize Foundation · Full 990 report