# Member of Technical Staff, Ads

**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $440k/yr
**Skills:** Python, JAX, Rust, Grok, AI, Advertising Systems, Bidding, Auction, Ranking, Prediction
**Posted:** 2026-03-07

> Develop and integrate Grok AI models into the Ads Platform to power bidding, auction, ranking, prediction, and optimization systems at massive scale. Requires 3+ years experience with large-scale AI-powered advertising products.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Leverage the latest Grok models to power all stages of our advertising stack, from candidate selection to ranking, auction, campaign optimization, creative generation, and advertiser experience.
- Own and operate systems and products, driving the majority of revenue.

## xWho You Are
- 3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale, high-throughput AI-powered advertising products.

## Tech Stack
- Python, Jax, Rust

## Annual Salary Range
$180,000 - $440,000 USD

## Benefits
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.

## Similar roles

- [Member of Technical Staff](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/dd7c8bc4-741a-45d5-91a8-e6b1c4ad67e0) - xAI - Palo Alto, CA - $180k – $440k/yr
- [Member of Technical Staff, Applied Research](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/d19460df-bf56-4f87-aa95-5e7bdf40798f) - LlamaIndex - San Francisco, CA - $180k – $250k/yr
- [Member of Technical Staff, Inference](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/70280e8d-9e99-4be1-a488-b13edc2d4080) - xAI - Palo Alto, CA - $180k – $440k/yr
- [Member of Technical Staff](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/544a5b36-3a56-45fa-89fe-0873120ece22) - Black Forest Labs - San Francisco, CA - $180k – $290k/yr
- [Member of Technical Staff - X Search](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/2480c779-d772-4053-b432-64b3e48d4cd3) - xAI - Palo Alto, CA - $180k – $440k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/41badac8-6073-470a-bb80-508145a63733
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/41badac8-6073-470a-bb80-508145a63733