Member of Technical Staff - X Search

xAI
Palo Alto, CA / Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto, California, United States2026-04-30

About the job

The X Search team is responsible for building and operating the core search engine that powers discovery on X. We own the full end-to-end search stack — from real-time retrieval and indexing to ranking and the end-user search experience. Our goal is to create the most relevant, fast, and intelligent search experience on the internet by combining state-of-the-art information retrieval systems with Grok’s reasoning capabilities.

Responsibilities

Build search and retrieval algorithms that scale to millions of users

Build and operate large scale search engine and search infrastructure

Train state of the art ML ranking models

Integrate Grok in search systems and products

Qualifications

Minimum

Tech Stack: Python, Go, Rust

Have worked with vector databases, search indices, or similar data stores for search applications

Have worked on large-scale search systems

Have deep experience building or working with production ML systems

Take full ownership of problems and learn whatever you need to solve them

Can move quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.