Founded: 2023
Founder / CEO: Elon Musk
Core product: Grok chatbot (Grok model family) and related generative tools
Notable funding: $6B Series C (May 2024); $20B Series E announced (Jan 2026)
Employees (reported): 5262
Artificial intelligence / conversational and generative AI
2023
Technology, Information and Internet
$6 billion
Reported participation from a16z, Sequoia, Valor, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA among others.
$20 billion
Company announced Series E with named investors including Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority and others.
“Includes participation from major institutional and strategic investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, BlackRock, Kingdom Holdings, Morgan Stanley, Qatar Investment Authority, Nvidia and Cisco.”
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About 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 engineers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
About the Role
xAI is building at a furious pace with the latest hardware to help people understand the universe and we are in need of Network Development Engineers (NDEs) with at least 3+ years of experience in deploying or operating large scale production Data Center or Backbone networks.
You will own the availability and/or the deployment of production networks for 𝕏 and xAI, including Data Center, Backbone networks and our primary front and backend networks that train Grok and our customers use for inference. Deployment Engineers will own all aspects of planning and building of green and brownfield network deployments. Operations Engineers will own timely mitigation of network impairments for all layers of our network and the return to service of Network HW and capacity You will be expected to participate in a team oncall rota and to contribute to scaling and maintenance efforts.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Interview Process
After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to an initial interview (45 minutes - 1 hour) during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four interviews:
Our goal is to finish the main process within one week. We don’t rely on recruiters for assessments. Every application is reviewed by a member of our technical team. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet or in person.
xAI is an equal opportunity employer.
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