Member of Technical Staff, Pre-training Scaling
About The Position
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. Tech Stack Python JAX and XLA Rust / C++ Spark Focus Training trillion parameter neural networks at scale, as well as a variety of smaller specialized models. Rapidly implementing the latest state-of-the-art methods from the deep learning literature. Innovating new ideas for pretraining and new scaling paradigm.
Requirements
- Strong engineering skills with passion on model-hardware co-design.
- Expert in ML and large model scaling, familiar with all kinds of scaling laws.
- Familiar with distributed training, multi-GPU neural network training and experience on optimizing ML training efficiency.
Benefits
- 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
