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Technical Staff Member - Multimodal Intelligence

xAIPalo Alto, CA
On-site Full-time $180K/yr - $440K/yr

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Experience Level

Entry Level

Qualifications

Proficiency in designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for multimodal pre-training, post-training, inference, data processing, and tokenization at web/petabyte scale. Experience in developing high-throughput data pipelines for acquisition, preprocessing, filtering, generation, decoding, loading, crawling, visualization, and management of multimodal data (images, videos, audio, and text). Expertise in advancing multimodal capabilities, including spatial-temporal compression, cross-modal alignment, world modeling, reasoning, and real-time processing of noisy data. Ability to drive data quality initiatives, including curation (human/synthetic), filtering, and evaluation.

About the job

About xAI

xAI is focused on building advanced AI systems capable of understanding complex problems and supporting humanity’s search for knowledge. The team values curiosity, hands-on problem solving, and strong communication. Leadership comes from initiative and results, not hierarchy. Team members share insights openly and work closely together.

Role Overview: Technical Staff Member - Multimodal Intelligence

This position sits within the multimodal team at xAI in Palo Alto, CA. The goal: push the boundaries of multimodal intelligence by building systems that understand and generate image, video, audio, and text data.

What You Will Do

  • Work on every stage of the multimodal pipeline, including data acquisition, tokenizer training, large-scale pre-training, infrastructure scaling, and tooling.
  • Develop and deliver end-to-end product experiences that showcase advanced multimodal capabilities.
  • Collaborate with teams across xAI to advance multimodal reasoning, world modeling, tool use, and interactive human-AI collaboration.
  • Help build models that perceive, understand, and interact with the world in real time.

Team Culture

  • Flat structure: leadership is earned by initiative and performance.
  • Open communication and collaboration are essential.
  • Curiosity and a drive to tackle tough challenges are highly valued.

About xAI

xAI is committed to pioneering the next generation of AI technologies that empower people and enhance understanding of the universe. Our innovative approach encourages a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and excellence, making it an exciting place to work for those who are passionate about technology and its potential to transform lives.

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