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xAI · 9 hours ago

Engineering Technical Lead Manager (TLM) - Enterprise

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$180K/yr - $440K/yr

4+ years exp

xAI is on a mission to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. The Engineering Technical Lead Manager will lead the Enterprise Engineering Team in building full-stack solutions and transforming business operations through AI, while managing people and overseeing product execution from ideation to deployment.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

People management experience with ongoing IC/TL responsibilities

Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++

Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems

Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices

Experience in operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and CockroachDB

Strong passion for solving real-world business problems and delivering measurable impact through AI solutions

Proven track record of shipping high-quality code and successfully completing projects in challenging environments

Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to changing requirements and priorities in a fast-paced startup environment

Strong communication skills that will become important when interfacing with customers to clarify requirements and drive a project to completion

Emphasis on designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and scalable AI-driven solutions

Proficiency in working with large, complex codebases and designing efficient data processing and model serving architectures

Background in full stack with in-depth understanding of product architecture

Proven experience in AI or machine learning product implementation with APIs, back-end, and front-end interfaces

Expertise in prompt engineering

Proven Expertise in Python and/or TypeScript

Great verbal and written communication skills in English

Ability to turn business and product ideas into engineering solutions

Understanding of the HTTP protocol

Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science

Power user of Grok

Building evals for new capabilities and evaluating our systems

Demonstrating an understanding of machine learning fundamentals, including model evaluation, training and fine-tuning

Excellent visual, verbal, UI, and interaction skills

Experience in client facing sales or delivery focused roles

Deploying machine learning models to production

Writing developer documentation

Creating and maintaining SDKs

Showcasing the ability to work with massive datasets, optimize performance, and scale systems to handle high-throughput workloads

Using Pulumi or Terraform

Qualification

RustC++Distributed systemsAI solutionsPostgreSQLClickhouseCockroachDBPythonTypeScriptPeople managementCommunication skillsProblem-solvingAdaptabilityTeam collaboration

Required