Software Engineer, xAI
AI Tooling
$180-440k
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Building artificial intelligence
Job no longer available
Building artificial intelligence
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$180-440k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better.
Role
Who you are
- This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity
- 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
What the job involves
- They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates
- We 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
- Be responsible for architecting, building, and designing our data collection platform
- Iterate rapidly on new features to improve user experience on our platform for both human operations and our research team
- 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
- Establish best practices and help scale a world-class engineering team
- 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
- Tech Stack:
- Typescript, Python, Rust
- React, Express, PostgreSQL
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. 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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2024
$6bn
SERIES C
May 2024
$6bn
SERIES B
Total funding: $12.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical, vision, dental
- STD, LTD and life insurance
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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