Member of Technical Staff - Voice Model
xAI · Palo Alto, CA · Model
About this role
xAI is hiring a staff-level Staff Engineer in the software engineering function based in Palo Alto, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Kubernetes, Spark, PyTorch. Compensation is listed at $150,000–$450,000 per year.
- Role
- Staff Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Department
- Model
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Job description
from xAI careersABOUT xAI
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 employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
You will join the Grok Voice Model team to help build the world’s best voice AI. We deliver smooth, natural, low-latency spoken interactions — expressive, multilingual, and reliable across devices and real-time scenarios. We own the full training pipeline: massive data curation, premium audio processing, frontier speech-language pre-training, and intensive post-training to push quality, speed, and stability to the limit.
Our goal: make talking to AI feel like conversing with the most charming, kind, and knowledgeable person imaginable. We’re seeking exceptionally smart, execution-oriented engineers to help us get there.