xAI
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-09-29, Skillenai has indexed 170 xAI job postings over the past 90 days (down 66% vs the prior 4 weeks). xAI appeared in 1,553 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-29
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Hiring at xAI
Weekly xAI job postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles xAI is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AI Tutor | 43 | 25.3% |
| Software Engineer | 34 | 20.0% |
| ML Engineer | 7 | 4.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 6 | 3.5% |
| Network Engineer | 5 | 2.9% |
| Security Engineer | 5 | 2.9% |
| Data Engineer | 4 | 2.4% |
| Program Manager | 4 | 2.4% |
| Asset Manager | 3 | 1.8% |
| Hardware Failure Analysis Engineer | 3 | 1.8% |
Skills in xAI job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 63 | 37.1% |
| Rust | 44 | 25.9% |
| speech recognition | 43 | 25.3% |
| accent variation analysis | 38 | 22.4% |
| multilingual audio | 37 | 21.8% |
| intonation | 36 | 21.2% |
| data labeling | 35 | 20.6% |
| sociolinguistics | 35 | 20.6% |
| phonology | 35 | 20.6% |
| Phonetics | 35 | 20.6% |
| audio annotation | 35 | 20.6% |
| prosody analysis | 34 | 20.0% |
| voice recording | 34 | 20.0% |
| rhythm | 33 | 19.4% |
| Linguistics | 31 | 18.2% |
Where xAI is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto | 63 | 37.1% |
| Memphis | 13 | 7.6% |
| New York City | 13 | 7.6% |
| Seattle | 8 | 4.7% |
| Southaven | 6 | 3.5% |
| Dublin | 4 | 2.4% |
| Tokyo | 4 | 2.4% |
| Bastrop | 3 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 2 | 1.2% |
Who works at xAI
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- python33%
- prompt engineering25%
- writing assignments17%
- C++17%
- GitHub17%
- Pull Requests17%
- JavaScript17%
- proprietary software17%
- PHP8%
- repository setup8%
- conda8%
- developer prompts8%
- GitHub repo installation8%
- text, voice, and video formats8%
- Quality assurance (QA)8%
- model responses8%
Share of observed positions at xAI that list the skill.
Degree level
- Master6
- Associate1
- Bachelor1
- High School1
Field of study
- Epidemiology & Biostatistics1
- Biomedical Sciences, General1
Schools
- James Madison University1
- University of Wisconsin Colleges1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
- Stevenson University1
- Cal State LA College of ECST1
- Western Governors University1
- UC Irvine1
- University of North Texas1
xAI in the news
1,553 news articles and 2,089 blog posts mentioned xAI in the last 90 days.
News
- Grok Bot se integra al sistema bancario para administrar finanzas personalesitsitio.com · September 28, 2026
- Bill Gates joins calls for AI safeguards, including legislation - Rock Hill Heraldtheworldofai.org · September 28, 2026
- Trump’s AI Meeting With Tech CEOs Puts Innovation and Oversight in Focusinnovation-village.com · September 28, 2026
- How Many CPUs Do Personal AI Assistants Need?viksnewsletter.com · September 28, 2026
- Are AI Chatbots Spreading Misinformation to US Voters?politics.slashdot.org · September 28, 2026
- Open source datacenters and open source thinking will undo self-inflicted DC damagetheregister.com · September 28, 2026
Blogs
- xAI's Grok Team Bots Give Entire Teams One Shared AI Agentalphasignal.ai · September 28, 2026
- Gates Says Self-Regulation Isn’t Enough on AI, in a Debate Where Africa Has Already Taken a Sideiafrica.com · September 28, 2026
- xAi’s models to catch up OpenAI and Anthropic by year-endelectronicsweekly.com · September 28, 2026
- How OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA, Meta, Google, and Others Are Chasing Different AI Profit Poolsaiflowreview.com · September 20, 2026
- The Real Cost of Cloud AI Models in 2026jamesm.blog · September 20, 2026
- OpenAI Rushes An Always-On Agent Called “o” After JP Morgan Crowns Meta Muse The Top AI Agentwccftech.com · September 26, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to xAI over the 90 days ending 2026-09-29; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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