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From the employer's careers site First seen 18 Jun 2026 · Still live on 3 Nov 2026

Member of Technical Staff - Recommendation Systems

xAI Palo Alto, CA senior full-time

Salary

$180,000 - $440,000 USD per year

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Description

About the Role

We're seeking exceptional Applied engineers to join a high-priority project used by approximately 600 million monthly users. You'll work at the intersection of advanced AI development and real-world impact, enhancing the ability to connect users with relevant content, accounts, and experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect recommendation algorithms across various product surfaces
  • Leverage xAI's infrastructure and AI stacks to enhance the user experience
  • Write data pipelines and training jobs that continuously learn from product data
  • Iterate and improve algorithms by gathering user feedback in real-time through experimentation
  • Ensure scalability and efficiency of machine learning systems

Basic Qualifications

  • Knowledge of data infrastructure like Kafka, Clickhouse, and Spark
  • Experience implementing recommender systems and/or deep learning applications at industrial scale
  • Skilled in one or more DL software frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch
  • Exceptional candidates may be experienced in writing CUDA kernels

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range is $180,000 - $440,000 USD. The total rewards package at xAI 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.

Skills

Required

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/4703144007

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