Member of Technical Staff, xAI
Grok Main Product
$180-440k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Building artificial intelligence
Open for applications
Building artificial intelligence
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$180-440k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.
Role
Who you are
- Proactive self-starter who turns bold ideas into high-impact realities with focused execution
- Expert in TypeScript, Python, or Rust, with experience crafting clean, maintainable code
- Skilled in scalable architectures, Kubernetes, observability, and production tuning for performance/reliability
- Track record shipping consumer-facing products to millions, emphasizing user delight and feedback
- Passionate about AI's transformative potential and committed to building indispensable tools users rely on daily
- No prior AI experience required—just sharp thinking, relentless execution, and passion for AI that redefines what's possible
What the job involves
- You will join the Grok Main Product team, responsible for the user-facing chat portal at grok.com and related experiences. We build highly scalable frontends, APIs, and features that handle tens of thousands of queries per second
- Our focus is delivering the best possible chat interface—seamless, intuitive, and maximally useful—to turn Grok into an essential "everything app" that amplifies human productivity across any domain
- Help build the portal that lets users accomplish anything: ask questions, create slide decks, solve puzzles, or tackle real work in engineering, law, medicine, and beyond. We're creating an easy-to-use experience that works flawlessly, driving a 10x increase in what knowledge workers can achieve.
- Design and deliver polished, scalable user-facing features and APIs for Grok's chat experience
- Innovate on frameworks for rapid experimentation to iterate quickly and keep Grok leading in reasoning and utility
- Architect high-performance systems for personalized, reliable interactions at global scale
- Build and optimize data pipelines using real-time user signals to continuously improve the product
- Own projects from ideation to deployment and monitoring, gathering feedback to refine the seamless portal vision
- Own end-to-end features that delight millions, collaborating closely with model and research teams to ship breakthroughs at pace
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 2 technical interviews and 1 project deep-dive interview:
- Practical coding assessment in a language of your choice
- Systems design hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session
- Project deep-dive: Present and answer questions about exceptional work that you’ve done
- Meet and greet with the wider team. Our goal is to finish the main process within one week. Final interviews will be conducted in person
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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2026
$20bn
SERIES E
Jul 2025
$5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $37.1bn
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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