AI Engineer & Researcher, xAI
Human Data
$180-440k
Building artificial intelligence
Open for applications
Building artificial intelligence
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$180-440k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.
Role
Who you are
- Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellenc
- This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity
- Engineers are encouraged to work across multiple areas of the company, and as a result, all engineers and researchers share the title "Member of Technical Staff."
- Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important
- All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills
- They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates
- Experience delivering high-quality web applications in rapidly changing environments - as a tech lead, former founder, etc
- Experience collaborating in highly cross-functional environments
- Experience in connecting machine learning model behavior to data distribution and data quality
- Experience in fine-tuning large language models
- Candidates are expected to be located near the Bay Area or open to relocation
What the job involves
- All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission
- Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence
- XAI’s Human Data team is responsible for delivering high-quality data to drive frontier model performance
- E collaborate closely with the post-training team and AI tutor team to develop new solutions that accelerate research progress across model capabilities, evaluation, safety, and alignment
- Build features end-to-end: front-end, back-end, system design, debugging and testing
- Build systems that monitor and flag quality issues with large-scale data collections
- Help drive high-priority data collection projects for our team
- Understand training and eval data needs across xAI to improve our platform, and help develop our technical roadmap and prioritization
- Create innovative human and synthetic data generation methods and pipelines
- Ensure that our overall data collection platform is secure, scalable, and delightful to use
- Innovating new ideas that bring us closer to our goal: to develop AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge
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
- HTML/CSS interview
- Systems hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session
- 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
- We don’t rely on recruiters for assessments. Every application is reviewed by a member of our technical team
- All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet
Our take
xAI is dedicated to tackling the limitations of current AI systems by developing Grok, an AI model designed to provide accurate, reliable, and witty responses to a wide range of queries. Grok is equipped with real-time knowledge access, allowing it to offer insightful answers and even suggest relevant questions.
The company is focused on enhancing Grok's reasoning abilities, reliability, and safety through research directions such as scalable oversight mechanisms, formal verification techniques, and adversarial robustness improvements. Additionally, xAI aims to broaden Grok's applicability by integrating multimodal capabilities like vision and audio, enabling real-time interactions and assistance in various domains.
As xAI continues to refine Grok's capabilities, the company envisions a future where AI serves as a powerful tool for advancing scientific understanding, fostering innovation, and contributing to societal well-being.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2024
$6bn
SERIES B
Dec 2023
$134m
SEED
Total funding: $6.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical, vision, dental
- STD, LTD and life insurance
Company HQ
Downtown, Burlingame, CA
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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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