Impact Careers Full-time

Member of Technical Staff, Interpretability

xAI

Posted

Feb 03, 2026

Location

USA

Type

Full-time

Compensation

$180000 - $440000

Mission

What you will drive

  • Understand how data, activations, and weights affect model behavior, and use these insights to make AI more reliable
  • Develop and scale interpretability techniques for large scale models
  • Create infrastructure to support production and development workflows in interpretability

Impact

The difference you'll make

Work on interpreting and steering the behavior of frontier AI systems to ensure they are maximally beneficial for society.

Profile

What makes you a great fit

  • Strong software engineering skills
  • Experience working with LLMs and some experience in interpretability
  • Creative and enjoys ideas that are both scalable and useful
  • Cares about both short-term impact and long-term insight
  • Team player willing to pick up new skills to deliver results

Benefits

What's in it for you

Base salary plus equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.