Frontend Engineering Specialist, xAI
$45/hour - $100/hour
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Building artificial intelligence
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Building artificial intelligence
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$45/hour - $100/hour
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional front-end development experience building responsive, user-facing web applications
- Proficient in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript
- Strong experience with modern frameworks: React, Vue, Angular
- Solid understanding of component lifecycle, hooks and state management
- Expertise in CSS, Tailwind, responsive design, UI interactions and animations
- Experience with performance optimization: lazy loading, caching strategies, asset optimization
- Experience with accessibility standards (WCAG, ARIA roles, keyboard navigation)
- Familiarity with SEO best practices for web applications
- Strong debugging skills using browser DevTools and performance monitoring tools
- Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, Vitest, Playwright)
- Understanding of APIs and client-server communication (REST, GraphQL)
Desirable
- The ideal candidate for this role is adaptable, possesses strong logical reasoning skills, is detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced work environment
- Experience integrating analytics, monitoring and front-end security best practices
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker)
- Knowledge of backend technologies (python, Node.js, APIs, databases, authentication, etc.) to enable effective full-stack collaboration
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineering Specialist to join xAI’s Human Data team, where you will play a critical role in creating cutting-edge datasets to train, benchmark, and advance large language models
- In this role, you will collaborate with technical staff to curate high-quality code examples, refine AI-generated code, and enhance enterprise-level AI-driven coding solutions
- By leveraging your expertise in front-end development and data annotation across text, voice, and video formats, you will help teach AI models about human interactions, reactions, and problem-solving approaches
- Ideal candidates are adaptable, detail-oriented, and passionate about driving innovation in a fast-paced environment to support xAI’s mission of building a trusted global digital public square
- AI model training initiatives by curating code examples, offering precise solutions, and meticulous corrections in Python, JavaScript (including ReactJS), C/C++, Java, Rust and Go. The Front-End Specialist will focus on any and all Enterprise aspects, as listed in ‘Required Qualifications’ section
- Evaluate and refine AI-generated code, ensuring it adheres to industry standards for efficiency, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance AI-driven coding solutions, ensuring they meet enterprise-level quality and performance benchmarks
Application process
- After submitting your application, our team will review your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application advances, you will be invited to a 15-minute phone interview to discuss basic qualifications. Successful candidates will proceed to the main process, which includes:
- Technical deep-dive: Discussing your legal and compliance expertise and data annotation experience
- A take-home challenge focused on legal or compliance data labeling or analysis
- A meet-and-greet with the wider team
- Our goal is to complete the main interview process within one week
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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