Member of Technical Staff - Reasoning Efficiency
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. The Reasoning Efficiency team at xAI focuses on pushing the boundaries of cost-efficient intelligence. In this role you will: Build the next generation of Grok Mini - highly efficient reasoning models with frontier-level performance Innovate scalable techniques to maximize intelligence per dollar Work across the LLM stack (reasoning RL, pretraining, serving) to deliver the strongest model for end users
Requirements
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Experience or publications in efficient algorithms for large language models (data / training algorithm / architecture)
- Exceptional engineering skills to iterate quickly on the data processing and training pipelines
- Strong understanding of large language model scaling laws
- Deep knowledge of reinforcement learning techniques
Responsibilities
- Build the next generation of Grok Mini - highly efficient reasoning models with frontier-level performance
- Innovate scalable techniques to maximize intelligence per dollar
- Work across the LLM stack (reasoning RL, pretraining, serving) to deliver the strongest model for end users
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
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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
