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      <Title>Member of Technical Staff - Mid-training</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p><strong>About xAI</strong></p>
<p>xAI&#39;s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.</p>
<p>Our team is small and highly motivated, focused on engineering excellence. We operate with a flat organisational structure, where all employees are expected to be hands-on and contribute directly to the company&#39;s mission.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p>We&#39;re looking for a Member of Technical Staff to join our team. Key responsibilities include:</p>
<p>Scaling synthetic coding data to trillions of tokens with large-scale Docker verification. Distilling the intelligence of flagship models into flash models through synthetic data generation. Optimising mid-training data mixtures to boost the ceiling for RL. Engineering long-context data recipes. Developing robust and diverse evaluation for mid-training checkpoints.</p>
<p><strong>Basic Qualifications</strong></p>
<p>To be successful in this role, you&#39;ll need:</p>
<p>Expertise in ML and large model scaling, with familiarity across all kinds of scaling laws. Strong ability to design ML experiments. Familiarity with state-of-the-art techniques for curating AI training data for text, image, audio, and video modalities. Strong engineering abilities in Spark, Ray, and other frameworks for large-scale data processing.</p>
<p><strong>Compensation and Benefits</strong></p>
<p>The base salary for this role is $180,000 - $440,000 USD. Our total rewards package includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short &amp; long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>mid</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>onsite</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>$180,000 - $440,000 USD</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>ML, large model scaling, Docker verification, synthetic data generation, Spark, Ray</Skills>
      <Category>Engineering</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>xAI</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/xai.com.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>xAI creates AI systems to understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://www.xai.com/</Employerwebsite>
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      <Applyto>https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/4965893007</Applyto>
      <Location>Palo Alto, CA</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-18</Postedate>
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