Member Of Technical Staff, xAI

• 4+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications (strong Python proficiency required; other languages a plus)
• Experience fine-tuning AI models for government or mission-critical use cases, including building evaluations and ensuring safety and performance
• Experience deploying complex AI and data systems in sovereign environments, ensuring compliance with international regulations for technology and AI in government or public sector settings
• Willingness and ability to undertake travel and international assignments to regions such as the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East and potentially more
• Strong product sensibility: ability to translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into concrete technical solutions
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code under tight timelines
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity—you thrive on hard, ambiguous challenges
• Excellent communication skills; you can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical partners clearly and concisely

Desirable

• This newly formed civilian team focuses on engineering and deploying xAI's AI capabilities (models, APIs, tools, and integrations) for international government agencies, regional/local administrations, and public sector workflows worldwide
• We're building the bridge to responsible, high-impact AI adoption
• Team members can expect opportunities for travel and international assignments, with work primarily in the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East
• You'll work closely with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to make Grok and future models maximally useful for global civilian missions while upholding safety, transparency, and ethical standards
• Design, build, and optimize integrations between xAI's frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and international government systems, platforms, and data environments
• Develop secure, scalable solutions for use cases such as policy analysis, edtech, scientific research support, public health modeling, regulatory workflows, and citizen-facing services across diverse global contexts
• Collaborate on custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation tailored for international government and enterprise developers
• Partner with international agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback, including during on-site assignments
• Contribute to safe deployment practices, including red-teaming, bias evaluation, output filtering, and explainability features for high-stakes non-classified applications in varied regulatory landscapes
• Fine-tune and adapt xAI models for specific international government use cases, incorporating custom guardrails and evaluation frameworks to ensure alignment with mission objectives and ethical guidelines
• Work cross-functionally to refine xAI products for public sector reliability, compliance (e.g., international standards like GDPR considerations or equivalent), and usability
• Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact

• 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 Hiring Manager on our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of 2-3 technical interviews:
• 2-3x Practical coding assessment in a language of your choice
• Meet and greet with someone from our exec team
• Our goal is to finish the main process within one week