# Barista

**Company**: xAI
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26-$28 USD hourly
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/4744227007
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_ba263129-260

## Description

Job Description:

We are seeking a team-oriented Barista to join our team at xAI. As a Barista, you will be responsible for supporting customer orders, inquiries, and deliveries, as well as maintaining a clean and safe work station.

Responsibilities:

- Set up, work, and maintain a clean and safe work station

- Complete daily prep tasks

- Help the team meet time and quality standards set by supervisor

- Clean and maintain departmental tools and equipment, i.e. drip coffee stations

- Provide good customer service

- Inventory/order supplies as needed

Basic Qualifications:

- High school diploma or equivalency certificate

- 2+ years of customer service experience in a food service environment that includes coffee and beverage services

- Must be available for 1st shift: Monday to Friday from 8AM to 6:30PM

- Ability to carry large heavy items, such as dishes in tubs or trays unassisted (up to 25 lbs.)

- Ability to stand for long periods of time – up to 8 hours a day

- Ability to work all shifts and available for overtime and weekends, as needed

- Ability to perform frequent bending, stooping, and lifting of objects

Preferred Skills and Experience:

- 3+ years of customer service related experience in a food service environment that includes coffee and beverage services

- Sound understanding of food safety and sanitation practices

- Possession of or willingness to obtain CA food handler card

- Manual espresso machine experience

- High level of professionalism

- Experience in a corporate environment

- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel, and Outlook primarily)

- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

- Willingness to learn and take guidance from others

Compensation and Benefits:

- Level 1: $26 USD hourly

- Level 2: $28 USD hourly

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI which includes 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
- customer service
- food service
- manual espresso machine
- food safety and sanitation practices
- CA food handler card
- basic computer skills

### Nice to have
- manual espresso machine experience
- high level of professionalism
- experience in a corporate environment
- strong communication skills