Member of Technical Staff - Reasoning Efficiency at xAI
Location: Palo Alto Employment Type: Full-time Salary: Not specified
About the Role
About the Team The Reasoning Efficiency team at xAI focuses on pushing the boundaries of cost-efficient intelligence. About the Role In this role you will: Build the next generation of Grok Mini - highly efficient reasoning models with frontier-level performance Innovate scalable techniques to maximize intelligence per dollar Work across the LLM stack (reasoning RL, pretraining, serving) to deliver the strongest model for end users Exceptional candidates may have: Experience or publications in efficient algorithms for large language models (data / training algorithm / architecture) Exceptional engineering skills to iterate quickly on the data processing and training pipelines Strong understanding of large language model scaling laws Deep knowledge of reinforcement learning techniques Location We hire engineers in Palo Alto. Our team usually works from the office 5 days a week but allow work-from-home days when required. Candidates are expected to be located near Palo Alto or open to relocation. Interview 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. 2x technical sessions: These sessions will be testing your ability to formulate, design and solve concrete engineering and research problems. 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. Annual Salary Range $180,000 - $440,000 USD Benefits Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
About xAI:
xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.
- 🚀 Building Grok - advanced AI assistant
- 💻 Operating world-class AI supercomputing clusters
- 🎯 Small, highly motivated team focused on engineering excellence
- 🏢 Flat organizational structure with hands-on leadership
Founded by Elon Musk
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