AI Engineer, xAI
Product Analytics & Experimentation Design
$180-440k
+ Equity
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
Building artificial intelligence
Be an early applicant
Building artificial intelligence
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$180-440k
+ Equity
More information about location
5 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.
Role
Who you are
- Mathematical and Statistical Mastery: Profound skills in math, probability, statistics, and inference, with a proven ability to apply them creatively to real-world problems in dynamic tech environments
- Experimentation Expertise: Hands-on experience designing and analyzing product experiments (e.g., A/B testing, causal inference), with a track record of accelerating iteration in AI or software products
- Analytical Creativity: Demonstrated talent for teasing insights from noisy, high-volume data sources like logs and metrics, leading to innovative solutions that address user pain points without model training
- Product Decision Support: Background in using data-driven methods to guide strategic choices, such as identifying suboptimal features and proposing fixes in fast-paced settings
- Collaborative Agility: 3+ years in AI engineering or research roles at innovative companies, where you've balanced technical rigor with creative thinking to deliver quick, impactful iterations
What the job involves
- As an AI Engineer & Researcher - Product Analytics & Experimentation Design at xAI, you will be at the forefront of transforming user feedback and behavioral data into actionable insights that drive rapid product evolution
- This role combines deep expertise in mathematics, statistics, and creative problem-solving to dissect complex, noisy signals from our AI systems—such as production logs, user interactions, and engagement metrics—without directly training models
- You'll design clever experiments to test hypotheses, quantify what users love or loathe about our products, and recommend precise course corrections to enhance satisfaction and performance
- By accelerating iteration cycles through smart experimentation, you'll empower our teams to make data-informed decisions that keep our AI at the cutting edge of user delight
- User Insight Extraction: Dive into production logs and behavioral data to identify patterns of dissatisfaction, using mathematical and statistical tools to distill why users may not engage with or appreciate aspects of our AI models
- Experimentation Design: Craft and execute fast-paced experiments, such as A/B tests or multivariate trials, to validate hypotheses on product features and measure their impact on user experience
- Noisy Signal Analysis: Apply advanced stats and creative analytical techniques to interpret ambiguous data streams, uncovering hidden correlations and causal factors that inform product improvements
- Actionable Recommendations: Synthesize findings into clear, evidence-based strategies for product decisions, prioritizing quick wins and long-term enhancements to boost model usability and appeal
- Rapid Iteration: Optimize experimentation pipelines for speed, enabling frequent testing and refinement cycles that allow the team to pivot based on real-time user signals and evolving needs
Application process
- After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 15-minute interview (“phone interview”) during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four technical interviews:
- Coding assessment in a language of your choice
- 2x post-training technical sessions: These sessions will be testing your ability to formulate, design and solve concrete problems in training data for post-training
- Meet the Team: Present your past exceptional work and your vision with xAI to a small audience
- Our goal is to finish the main process within one week. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet
Our take
xAI is Elon Musk's venture into the world of artificial intelligence, and like all things Musk, it's going big. Its setting out to build AI that helps humanity understand the universe and its starting with Grok, its conversational AI chatbot already integrated into X (formerly Twitter). With access to real-time data and a powerful ecosystem of Musk-led companies, xAI is certainly pushing towards artificial general intelligence at serious scale.
Like all bold ventures, xAI has faced its share of controversy, from questions about regulation to the overlap across Musk's businesses. But fans are still seeing the bigger picture: an interconnected tech ecosystem where AI, social media, and space exploration feed into one another.
Recently, the company made headlines with its massive "Colossus" supercomputer project, powered by tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs. While the data center's temporary power setup has faced environmental scrutiny, the scale of ambition is certainly undeniable. From launching tap-to-pay features on X to building one of the most powerful AI training systems on Earth, xAI is moving fast.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2025
$5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2024
$6bn
SERIES C
Total funding: $17.1bn
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage
- Life and family: Life and AD&D insurance and fertility benefits to ensure our team’s well-being and peace of mind
- Flexible vacation: We work hard but avoid burn out. Take time off when you need it
- Visa sponsorship: We support international talent with visa sponsorship to join our team
- 401(k) plan: Retirement savings plan to secure your financial future
Company HQ
Downtown, Burlingame, CA
Leadership
Elon Musk
(Founder)Founder, Chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX. CEO and Product Architect of Tesla. Chairman and CTO of X Corp, founder of the Boring Company, co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, and president of the Musk Foundation.
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