xAI · 7 hours ago
Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal Understanding (Visual / Audio)
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $440K/yrxAI is dedicated to creating AI systems that can understand the universe and assist humanity in gaining knowledge. They are seeking a Member of Technical Staff focused on multimodal capabilities, responsible for improving data quality, developing evaluation frameworks, and designing efficient algorithms for model performance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Creating and driving engineering agenda to toward superhuman multimodal capabilities, which include both multimodal understanding and multimodal generation, across different modalities including image, video and audio
Improving data quality, developing data filtering/generation techniques, and performing data study, on pretraining scale
Creating evaluation frameworks and internal benchmarks
Designing and implementing effective and efficient algorithms for achieving state-of-the-art model performance
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience on visual, audio or multimodal pretraining
Track record in leading engineering that significantly improves the capability and performance of neural networks, whether better data or better modeling
Experience in data-driven experiment designs and systematic analysis for iterative model debugging
Experience in developing or working with large-scale distributed machine learning systems
Ability to do whatever is necessary to deliver the best end-to-end user experience
Strong communication skills
Strong work ethic and prioritization skills
Preferred
Experience with Python
Experience with Jax
Experience with Rust
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
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$22.73BKey Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
2025-07-13Corporate Round· $5.32B
2025-07-01Debt Financing· $5B
Leadership Team
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Founding Member
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