Member of Technical Staff - Government

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This newly formed non-cleared civilian team focuses on engineering and deploying xAI's AI capabilities (models, APIs, tools, and integrations) for U.S. federal civilian agencies, state/local governments, and non-sensitive public sector workflows. No security clearance is required or expected for these roles—we're building the bridge to responsible, high-impact AI adoption outside classified environments. You'll work closely with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to make Grok and future models maximally useful for civilian missions while upholding safety, transparency, and ethical standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, build, and optimize integrations between xAI's frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and civilian government systems, platforms, and data environments
• Develop secure, scalable solutions for non-classified use cases such as policy analysis, scientific research support, public health modeling, regulatory workflows, and citizen-facing services
• Collaborate on custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation tailored for government and enterprise developers
• Partner with civilian agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
• Contribute to safe deployment practices, including red-teaming, bias evaluation, output filtering, and explainability features for high-stakes non-classified applications
• Work cross-functionally to refine xAI products for public sector reliability, compliance (e.g., federal standards like FedRAMP considerations), and usability
• Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications (strong Python proficiency required; other languages a plus)
• Experience working with large language models, generative AI, or agentic systems—either in research, production, or applied engineering
• Familiarity with government or public sector technology environments (federal civilian agencies, state/local gov, or regulated industries like healthcare, finance, or infrastructure)
• Strong product sensibility: ability to translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into concrete technical solutions
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code under tight timelines
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity—you thrive on hard, ambiguous challenges
• Excellent communication skills; you can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical partners clearly and concisely

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Prior work on AI safety, governance, red-teaming, or responsible AI deployment
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), or API orchestration
• Background in policy-adjacent technical roles, civic tech, or public-interest technology
• Contributions to open-source AI projects or developer tools