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xAI · 1 day ago

Member of Technical Staff, Video Generation - Agent, RL

positionPalo Alto, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$180K/yr - $440K/yr

xAI is on a mission to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. They are seeking a multimodal engineer focused on video generation to pioneer AI agents that generate and understand video content, working on advancements in video understanding and generation within agentic systems.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Developing agentic planners for short- and long-horizon video generation
Designing and collecting human/synthetic data; developing data generation techniques, e.g., captioning
Building evals and reward models for video generation
Studying training recipes for advancing video understanding/generation and agent training

Qualification

PythonJAXAgentic RL trainingData-driven experiment designVideo modelsPrioritization skillsCommunication skillsWork ethic

Required

Strong communication skills
Experience in developing agentic planners for short- and long-horizon video generation
Experience in designing and collecting human/synthetic data
Experience in developing data generation techniques, e.g., captioning
Experience in building evals and reward models for video generation
Experience in studying training recipes for advancing video understanding/generation and agent training
Track record in leading studies that significantly improve the capability and performance of neural networks
Experience in data-driven experiment designs and systematic analysis for iterative model debugging
Experience in SFT, RL, evals, and human/synthetic data
Experience in agentic RL training and video models

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

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XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.
dateFounded in 2023
location
Palo Alto, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://x.ai

H1B Sponsorship

xAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$42.73B
Key Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2026-01-06Series E· $20B
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B

Leadership Team

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Toby Pohlen
Founding Member
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