Talent Engineer

Role

Talent Engineering is a small, elite team focused on recruiting with a first-principles and engineering mindset. The Talent Engineer designs systems to identify, engage, and attract the best people globally and executes full-cycle hiring for xAI.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop systems and processes to find and engage the absolute best candidates for any hiring need.
• Execute end-to-end hiring, including sourcing, outreach, evaluation, and closing candidates.
• Use referrals, events, competitions, online communities, and creative channels beyond LinkedIn to source talent.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and recruiting teams to scale hiring for technical and non-technical roles.
• Exercise strong judgment and an intuitive understanding of excellence across domains.

Requirements

• Believe assembling high-performance teams is an engineering problem.
• Strong communication skills and ability to concisely share knowledge with teammates.
• Comfortable with technical concepts and “vibe coding” to evaluate candidates; able to quickly grasp technical material.
• Past experience working at organizations with high talent density and contributing to recruiting efforts and referrals.
• Demonstrated technical creativity (personal projects, open-source contributions, or innovative hacks) is a plus.
• Hands-on, self-directed, and able to operate in a flat organization with high ownership.

Interview Process

• 30-minute introductory call with a talent engineer
• Presentation
• Final team onsite

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $120,000 - $240,000 USD
• Total rewards include equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various discounts and perks.