xAI · 1 day ago
Member of Technical Staff, Vision (Enterprise)
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$180K/yr - $440K/yrxAI is focused on creating AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. The role involves working with enterprise customers to own the strategy and execution of Vision or Video Understanding integrations, leading high-stakes projects, and delivering measurable impact.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Designing and building end-to-end AI solutions, from understanding customer pain points to scoping product specs and deploying VLM-powered vision interfaces
Benchmarking vision models, writing evaluations, or analyzing performance to identify weaknesses in image recognition, object detection, or visual understanding
Improving model performance through system prompt tuning and fine-tuning VLMs
Working with multimodal teams to generate data for development efforts
Generating synthetic data or kicking off campaigns to generate human data with the help of our AI tutors
Analyzing vision request logs, image data, or video inputs to enhance system accuracy and user experience
Building internal tools to automate VLM workflows, such as image processing pipelines or real-time visual analysis
Define critical benchmarks for Vision or Video Understanding performance: Establish key performance benchmarks tailored to enterprise vision use cases, such as image classification accuracy, object detection precision, and real-time latency, reflecting customer data distributions
Initiate human data collection: Design and manage campaigns to acquire high-quality image and video data from diverse enterprise contexts, supporting model training and validation
Drive Vision model integration with enterprise partners: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Vision capabilities into enterprise workflows, enabling seamless adoption in areas like automated quality control, surveillance, and augmented reality
Qualification
Required
Strong engineering background
Experience interfacing between technical and customer-facing teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
Ability to translate business and vision-specific product needs into technical solutions
Proven experience implementing VLM or machine learning products, including APIs, back-end, and front-end vision interfaces
Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript
Solid understanding of HTTP protocol and real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebRTC for video streaming)
Preferred
Building evaluations for Vision capabilities, such as image recognition accuracy or robustness of object detection
Demonstrating expertise in machine learning fundamentals, including vision model evaluation, training, or fine-tuning
Deploying Vision models to production, optimizing for low-latency and high-reliability environments
Writing developer documentation or creating vision-specific SDKs
Working with large-scale image or video datasets, optimizing vision processing pipelines, or scaling systems for enterprise-grade workloads
Using infrastructure tools like Pulumi or Terraform for deploying Vision systems
Benefits
Equity
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Short & long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Various other discounts and perks
Company
xAI
XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.
Founded in 2023
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$42.73BKey Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2026-01-06Series E· $20B
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B
Leadership Team
Toby Pohlen
Founding Member
Recent News
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