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xAI

Member of Technical Staff - Multimodal Understanding

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13 days ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $440k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and optimize large-scale distributed systems for multimodal pre-training and post-training.
  • Develop high-throughput pipelines for data acquisition and processing across various modalities.
  • Advance multimodal capabilities including reasoning and real-time processing.
  • Drive data quality initiatives and scalable pipelines for large models.
  • Create evaluation frameworks and metrics for real-world usage.
  • Innovate on algorithms and scaling paradigms for performance.
  • Build research tooling and user-friendly interfaces for rapid iteration.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with multimodal pre-training or fine-tuning.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python and experience with JAX/PyTorch/XLA.
  • Proven track record in building large-scale distributed ML systems.
  • Deep experience in designing and running data pipelines at scale.
  • Strong fundamentals in evaluation design and reward modeling.
  • Proactive self-starter thriving in high-intensity environments.
  • Willingness to own end-to-end initiatives for user experience.

Benefits

  • Equity in the company.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Short and long-term disability insurance.
  • Life insurance and various discounts and perks.

Tech Stack

Apache SparkC++KubernetesPythonPyTorchRust

Categories

AI & MLData ScienceFull Stack