xAI
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-19, Skillenai has indexed 142 xAI job postings over the past 90 days (up 55% vs the prior 4 weeks). xAI appeared in 1,559 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-19
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 29 | 20.4% |
| AI Tutor | 21 | 14.8% |
| Network Engineer | 7 | 4.9% |
| Security Engineer | 5 | 3.5% |
| Backend Engineer | 4 | 2.8% |
| ML Engineer | 4 | 2.8% |
| OT Systems Engineer | 4 | 2.8% |
| Program Manager | 4 | 2.8% |
| Application Security Engineer | 3 | 2.1% |
| Data Engineer | 3 | 2.1% |
Skills in xAI job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 70 | 49.3% |
| Rust | 37 | 26.1% |
| C++ | 24 | 16.9% |
| Kubernetes | 23 | 16.2% |
| speech recognition | 22 | 15.5% |
| SQL | 22 | 15.5% |
| Distributed systems | 22 | 15.5% |
| data labeling | 20 | 14.1% |
| Java | 20 | 14.1% |
| voice recording | 19 | 13.4% |
| accent variation analysis | 18 | 12.7% |
| audio annotation | 18 | 12.7% |
| intonation | 17 | 12.0% |
| automation | 16 | 11.3% |
| localization | 16 | 11.3% |
Where xAI is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto | 63 | 44.4% |
| New York City | 13 | 9.2% |
| Memphis | 11 | 7.7% |
| Southaven | 9 | 6.3% |
| Dublin | 5 | 3.5% |
| Seattle | 4 | 2.8% |
| Bastrop | 3 | 2.1% |
| Tokyo | 3 | 2.1% |
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
- Master7
- PhD2
- Bachelor2
- Associate1
Field of study
- Accounting1
- Computer Science1
- Fundamental Analysis1
- Materials Engineering1
Schools
- Carnegie Mellon University2
- University of Wisconsin Colleges1
- Touro University1
- New York University1
- Temple University Graduate School1
- Nanyang Technological University Singapore1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
- Cal Poly Humboldt1
xAI in the news
1,559 news articles and 2,168 blog posts mentioned xAI in the last 90 days.
News
- Websites Are Closing Their Doors to AI Agentsslashdot.org · October 18, 2026
- Hackers Use Claude, DeepSeek and Grok in AI-Assisted Attacks on South Korean Banksgbhackers.com · October 19, 2026
- Thinks 2117rajeshjain.com · October 18, 2026
- Anthropic commits 5% of shares to public benefit fundtechaiwire.com · October 19, 2026
- Tax-Free Tech Stocks: Europe’s Only Path to Technology Sovereigntyeuropeanbusinessreview.com · October 18, 2026
- Taste-Bench: Best AI model scores 59.7% on long-term agent decisions, where random guessing yields 25%tpsreport.news · October 18, 2026
Blogs
- ‘Watch Your Head’ in AI. OpenAI, CoreWeave & ASML. ARD #184michaelparekh.substack.com · October 14, 2026
- Complete AI Training Now Offers AI Plugins for 501 Occupations Across Eight AI Assistantsaithority.com · October 19, 2026
- Gemini 4 Argon Cybersecurity: Google Is Back, Now in Defense Toosimbian.ai · October 15, 2026
- Private AI Won't Be the Center of Your AI Universe. Hybrid Will.thectoadvisor.com · October 9, 2026
- Anthropic grants watchdogs employee-like AI accessdigitrendz.blog · October 18, 2026
- Things are getting interestingcxo.dev · August 21, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to xAI over the 90 days ending 2026-10-19; 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
- company_id
- 30eb4556829de62e
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-19
- window_days
- 90
- profiles_as_of
- 2026-09-24