Lead Grok Engineer

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All engineers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the Role

Lead Grok Engineers work directly with our end customers, leading teams to own strategy and execution of high-stakes projects. You’ll lead a small team or pod, overseeing end-to-end project delivery while collaborating with client decision-makers, sales leaders, and engineering teams to set project scope, expectations, and pricing. A day’s work may include :

• Deliver solutions end to end that meet the needs of our customers - understanding user pain points, scoping product specs, and designing and building LLM-powered software.
• Benchmarking the model or help write evals for customers to identify model weaknesses.
• Improve model performance by system prompt tuning or fine tuning models.
• Generating synthetic data or working with human data teams in generating human data.
• Analyze request logs or read through prompt data.
• Build internal tooling to automate yourself out of the job.
• Improving xAI SDKs or developer documentation based on customer feedback.
• Work hands-on with prospects and customers to demonstrate and communicate the value of xAI throughout the sales cycle, from demo to technical proof of concept to design and implementation.

Who You Are

An ideal candidate meets at least the following requirements :

Furthermore, candidates may stand out by having any of the following experiences :

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 questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will proceed to the next steps :

Our goal is to complete the process within one week. All interviews will be conducted in person when applicable.

Location

The role is based in Palo Alto. Candidates are expected to have a travel schedule.

Annual Salary Range

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

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.

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