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Sr. Model Engineer, Post-Training & RL

xAI · Palo Alto, CA

Frontier labonsitesenior$180k–$600k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Tackle the most critical post-training and RL challenges shaping Grok.
  • Build Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe.
  • Advance reasoning, truthfulness and real-world capabilities via RL.

What they offer

  • equity
  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short & long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • discounts and perks

Ideal candidate

Truth-seeking builder obsessed with making models deeply useful via post-training. Thrives in meritocratic teams, takes pride in craft and pushes AI boundaries as a power user.

Requirements

  • Experience writing production-quality code in Python, PyTorch, JAX, Rust, or C++
  • Experience training large models with 1B+ parameters (e.g., pre-training, post-training, fine-tuning, or RL training)

Lab profile

About xAI

Builds AI systems to understand the universe and advance human knowledge.

Known for

  • Engineering excellence focus
  • Large-scale data center operations
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