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xAI · 5 months ago

AI Engineer - Multimodal Understanding

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 an AI Engineer focused on advancing multimodal capabilities, including multimodal understanding and generation across various modalities such as image, video, and audio. The role involves improving data quality, developing data techniques, and designing efficient algorithms to achieve state-of-the-art model performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Creating and driving AI engineering agenda to advance multimodal capabilities, which include both multimodal understanding and multimodal generation, across different modalities like image, video and audio
Improving data quality, developing data filtering/generation techniques, and performing data study
Creating evaluation frameworks and internal benchmarks
Designing and implementing effective and efficient algorithms for achieving state-of-the-art model performance

Qualification

AI engineeringNeural networksLarge-scale distributed systemsData-driven experiment designPythonJaxRustPrioritization skillsCommunication skillsWork ethic

Required

Track record in leading AI 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

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XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.

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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Yuhuai Wu
Co-Founder
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Toby Pohlen
Founding Member
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