Collaborate with US and Allied Government customers to strategize and execute mission-critical AI solutions, driving impactful projects for federal civilian agencies and public sector partners.
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 employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
Mission Managers collaborate directly with US and Allied Government customers to strategize and execute mission-critical AI solutions. xAI is expanding its government footprint to bring frontier AI (Grok family models, APIs, agentic tools) to federal civilian agencies, state/local governments, and public sector partners. You'll support new business proposals from requirements validation through solution design, prototyping, development, and rollout. As part of a team of Applied engineers, AI Researchers, and fellow Mission Managers, you'll connect disparate data points into a clear map of customer challenges—and align them with xAI products or collaborate with engineers to build new ones.
Top candidates bring a technical foundation, analytical mindset, and strong problem-solving curiosity. They exhibit user empathy and a hands-on approach to deliver results for customers.
In this role, you'll tackle problems demanding curiosity, analytical thinking, product intuition, and deep user empathy to empower customers.
A typical day may include:
Leading problem discovery and product scoping for key customers, often on-site. Meeting customers on-site to deploy xAI models/products in their environments or integrate their software with xAI's cloud, alongside engineers.
Identifying pain points, scoping specs, and building LLM-powered software for government use cases
Optimizing model performance via prompt tuning or fine-tuning for secure, scalable deployment, and working with SMEs at the customer to improve this process
Analyzing logs, prompts, or outputs to ensure system reliability and effectiveness
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 a 15 minute interview (“phone interview”) 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 1 project deep dive, 1 technical Demonstration, and 1 Final Exec Round.
Our goal is to finish the main process within one-two weeks. Final interviews will be conducted in person.
$180,000 - $440,000 USD
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes 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.
xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
xAI builds advanced AI systems designed to deeply understand the universe and support humanity's quest for knowledge. Targeting innovators and thinkers, our platform emphasizes engineering excellence and hands-on collaboration, fostering an environment where curiosity drives results.
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