Is xAI Hiring? 304 Open Jobs on Its Own Board, 168 Near Memphis (Nov. 9, 2026)
Yes. On November 9, 2026, xAI’s own career board listed 304 open jobs, down 4 from 308 a week earlier and up from 261 on August 24. 168 of them are in the Memphis, Tennessee and Southaven, Mississippi area, and only 8 of those 168 print any pay.
That small number holds the strangest detail on the board. A Memphis porter can read the starting wage before applying. A Memphis chiller technician cannot.
One more thing before the counts: every one of the 304 postings now signs itself SpaceXSI. The career board’s address still says xAI, which is why people still search for that name.
What we read for this report
- xAI’s board: the full text of all 304 postings in the company’s public Greenhouse job feed, read on November 9, 2026. The company’s own open-roles page listed the same 304 job IDs that day.
- History: our daily reads of the same feed since August 22, 2026. A “new” job means a job link we had not seen on the earlier date, not a new hire.
- Pay: a posting counts as printing pay only if a dollar figure appears in its own compensation section.
- Not counted: jobs filled without a posting, and jobs listed only on third-party sites. Google DeepMind’s U.S. board, one of the 20 boards we track, returned an error and is left out of the weekly totals.
Written and checked by Prof. H. An AI assistant helped draft this piece and run the page reads; every quote was read on the source’s own page on the date shown.
Is xAI still hiring after the SpaceX merger?
xAI had 304 open jobs on its Greenhouse board on November 9, 2026, about nine months after its February 2026 merger with SpaceX, and the count has stayed above 300 every Monday since October 5. It rose from 261 on August 24 to a Monday high of 308 on November 2.
The board also turns over quickly. Since August 22, we have seen 486 different xAI job links, and 182 of those have closed. That is more than one in three.
The merger brought departures as well as postings. Reuters reported on February 11, 2026 that Elon Musk said a reorganization had meant letting some people go. TechCrunch, citing The Information, reported on May 14, 2026 that more than 50 researchers and engineers had left since February. Neither report counts open jobs, so both can be true alongside a full board.
Be careful with dates and totals you see elsewhere. All 304 postings carry a last-updated stamp between November 5 and 8, yet only 26 were first published in November. A site that sorts by that stamp could make the whole board look new.
Totals vary too. Autobound’s company page showed 33 open roles as of November 3; our read of the board that day found 310. We do not know how that page counts. Our daily figures for xAI and 18 other employers are on the AI jobs tracker, and you can browse every open role and apply on the employer’s site from our jobs board.
What jobs did xAI post this week?
Between November 2 and November 9, 2026, 31 job links appeared on xAI’s board and 35 closed; 15 of the new links name Palo Alto and 9 are in the Memphis area. The other new links are spread across Texas, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Japan.
Five of the 31 carry a first-published date of August 2026 or earlier, so they may be older jobs that came back rather than new openings. The other 26 were first published on or after November 2.
| New link this week | Location | Posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Model Engineer, Post-Training & RL | Palo Alto | $180K–$600K |
| Lead Engineer, AI Infrastructure | Palo Alto or Seattle | $220K–$357K |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Linux Kernel | Seattle | $180K–$330K |
| Events Lead | San Francisco | $125K–$150K |
| Threat Intelligence Analyst | Austin or Bastrop, Texas | Not printed |
| Data Center Operations Technician | Memphis area | Not printed |
| Construction Manager, Electrical (Mobile Construction) | Memphis area | Not printed |
| Porter | Memphis | Starts at $20 an hour |
Of the 35 links that closed, 12 were language AI tutor jobs and 14 were Memphis-area construction jobs, from welders and pipefitters to construction superintendents. The other 9 were scattered, including three London engineering jobs.
Seven jobs labeled Mobile Construction, first posted between October 30 and November 4, are now on the board. The superintendent postings say the work starts in Memphis and Southaven, and that later assignments will mean moving to other U.S. construction sites, with per diem. Some closed Memphis jobs may have been rewritten into these; that is our inference, and the board does not say. Our piece on what it means when a job posting is taken down covers the possibilities.
Where are xAI’s open jobs located?
On November 9, 2026, 168 of xAI’s 304 open jobs, or 55%, were in the Memphis and Southaven area, up from 112 of 249 when we counted on August 28. Of those 168, 156 sit in the company’s Data Center department.
Outside that area, Palo Alto is named on 89 jobs, New York on 33, Austin on 21, Washington, D.C. on 12, Seattle on 10 and Bastrop, Texas on 8. Many jobs name more than one city. Another 20 jobs are outside the U.S., in places including London, Dublin, Singapore and Japan.
Remote work is rare. Only the 10 AI tutor jobs carry a remote location. To compare employers, see our list of AI companies hiring remote workers and why remote jobs still name locations.
How much does xAI pay?
On November 9, 2026, 117 of xAI’s 304 postings printed a dollar figure, and the 91 annual U.S. ranges had a median midpoint of $215,000. The lowest annual U.S. range was $65,000 to $145,000 for a Client Account Manager. The highest was $180,000 to $600,000 for a senior model engineer.
Those figures describe mostly coastal and engineering jobs. In the Memphis area, 160 of the 168 postings have no compensation section at all.
All 8 Memphis-area postings that show money are kitchen and food-service jobs. A Porter starts at $20 an hour, a barista and a food services specialist at $20.50 and a cook at $21. Four kitchen supervisors and chefs start at $100,000 or $120,000. None of the 34 Memphis-area technician jobs shows a figure.
The split follows geography closely. All 98 U.S. postings that name a city in California, New York, Washington state or Washington, D.C. print pay. The 8 that name only Texas or Oregon print none. Those four places have pay-range rules for job ads, so the law is our inference for the pattern; the company does not explain it.
On August 28, we found 3 of 112 Memphis-area postings with pay, so the blank is not new. Our earlier Memphis salary report goes deeper. See also why some job postings do not show salary, what AI data center electricians make and what to put for desired salary when a form asks first.
Do xAI’s Memphis jobs require a degree?
Many do not: on November 9, 2026, 70 of the 168 Memphis-area postings listed a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, including 21 of the 34 technician jobs. “No degree” does not mean no experience, though.
- Data Center Operations Technician: high school diploma or equivalent, plus at least two years with server, storage and network hardware.
- Material Handler: high school diploma or equivalent, forklift experience and at least two years in construction, warehousing, manufacturing or logistics.
- Inventory Specialist: high school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of inventory control.
- Chiller Technician: a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, or at least two years of hands-on operations or facilities work.
That last wording is worth noticing, because experience stands in for the degree. We unpack that phrase in what bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience means. For the path into this work, read how to become a data center technician with no experience.
What conditions come with xAI’s Memphis jobs?
On November 9, 2026, 34 Memphis-area postings mentioned random drug and alcohol testing, and 55 mentioned round-the-clock coverage. No posting outside that area mentioned random testing.
Schedules vary by job. Four logistics jobs describe 12.5-hour shifts on a rotation of four days on and three off, then three on and four off. A construction scheduler posting mentions a six-day, 12-hour construction pace. A construction electrician job expects at least 80% travel on a rotation, with per diem.
One requirement surprised us. Across the board, 38 postings carry an export-control section under ITAR, the U.S. defense trade rules, and 10 of those are in the Memphis area. All 8 Memphis kitchen and food-service postings are among them.
That section limits applicants to U.S. citizens or nationals, green card holders, refugees, asylees, or people who can get government authorization. It is general information only; check your own status with an immigration attorney. Related reading: do tech companies drug test, what 25% travel means for a job and how to answer the sponsorship question.
Is xAI still hiring AI tutors?
Yes, but far fewer: xAI listed 10 AI tutor jobs on November 9, 2026, down from 22 on November 2 and 28 on September 17, and all 12 language tutor jobs closed this week. What remains covers math, applied math, physics, materials science, design, humanities, legal, video and writing.
Every remaining tutor job is labeled temporary and prints U.S. hourly pay. Rates run from $35 to $75 for writing, design and humanities, $40 to $75 for video, $45 to $75 for the science and math tracks, and $50 to $100 for legal.
All 10 describe a six-month term. The AI Tutor, Math posting lists remote work in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and India, and says xAI is “unable to hire in Wyoming and Illinois at this time.” It also rules out visa sponsorship. Our full check is in is the xAI AI tutor job legit; are AI training jobs legit and part-time AI jobs from home compare other options.
Does xAI hire students or new grads?
On November 9, 2026, xAI listed 4 internship and co-op postings for spring and summer 2027, and no posting with “new grad” in its title. The postings show pay by class year.
The two software engineering postings are in Palo Alto and run from $30 to $40 an hour. The two business operations postings, in New York or Palo Alto, run from $24.50 to $26. The postings set a higher rate for students further along. Compare those numbers with what software engineering interns make, and check when summer 2027 internships open or whether you can intern after graduating.
Which AI companies added or cut jobs this week?
Across 19 AI company career boards, open jobs fell from 3,834 on November 2 to 3,808 on November 9, 2026, a drop of 26, as 298 job IDs appeared and 324 closed. xAI’s drop of 4 was the fourth-largest fall of the week.
Mercor fell the most, down 17 to 91. Replit lost 6 and now has 28. ElevenLabs lost 5 and has 136. On the other side, Cognition, Figure AI and Cohere each added 4, and OpenAI added 3 to reach 813. We matched jobs by ID this week because three boards changed the capitalization in their links, which would otherwise look like hundreds of new jobs.
Last week we promised two checks. All three of Perplexity’s Belgrade Search jobs from March 2025 are still open. ElevenLabs did keep shrinking, from 141 to 136.
For other employers, see our reports on OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo, Scale AI and Cursor. Which AI companies are hiring right now ranks them, and is Mercor legit covers this week’s biggest faller.
Cite this: “On November 9, 2026, xAI listed 304 open jobs on its own career board, 168 of them in the Memphis area, and 19 AI company boards together listed 3,808 (profhlab Jobs Desk, AI jobs tracker).”
How do you apply to xAI without getting scammed?
Apply only through xAI’s open-roles page or its Greenhouse board, which listed the same 304 job IDs on November 9, 2026. Expect the name SpaceXSI on those pages; that is the company’s own signature now, not a warning sign by itself.
Three checks from our own reading of the board:
- Read the compensation section, or notice that it is missing. On 160 Memphis-area jobs there is none, so ask the recruiter for the range early.
- Look at the first-published date, not the last-updated one. Our guide to how long job postings stay up explains why that matters, and whether to apply to old postings helps with the oldest ones. The oldest job on this board dates from October 2024.
- Read the additional requirements line. Testing, travel, relocation and work-authorization rules are stated there, often near the end.
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What else do people ask about xAI jobs?
Is xAI still hiring in 2026?
Yes. On November 9, 2026, xAI’s own Greenhouse board listed 304 open jobs, up from 261 on August 24, 2026, though down 4 from a week earlier. The postings now use the name SpaceXSI.
Is xAI hiring AI tutors?
Yes, on a smaller scale. On November 9, 2026, it listed 10 temporary AI tutor jobs, down from 28 on September 17. U.S. rates ranged from $35 to $100 an hour, depending on the track.
How much does xAI pay in Memphis?
Mostly unknown. On November 9, 2026, 160 of 168 Memphis-area postings printed no pay. The 8 that did were kitchen and food-service jobs, starting at $20 to $21 an hour or $100,000 to $120,000 a year.
Can you get an xAI Memphis job with no degree?
Some, yes. On November 9, 2026, 70 of 168 Memphis-area postings listed a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, though many of them also asked for one or more years of experience.
Is an xAI job posting legit?
Postings on x.ai/careers and job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai are the company’s own; on November 9, 2026, both listed the same 304 job IDs. Be wary of anyone who contacts you elsewhere and asks for money.
Sources
- xAI’s public Greenhouse job feed and all 304 posting pages, read November 9, 2026, with our daily reads of the same feed since August 22, 2026. Board: job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai. Company page: x.ai/careers/open-roles, read November 9, 2026.
- Weekly totals: our daily reads of the public Greenhouse and Ashby boards of 20 AI employers on November 2 and November 9, 2026, matched by job ID; Google DeepMind’s U.S. board returned an error on both days.
- News: Reuters via GV Wire, February 11, 2026; TechCrunch, May 14, 2026; both read November 9, 2026. Third-party count: Autobound, read November 9, 2026.
- Videos: FOX13 Memphis, published August 19, 2025, and ServeTheHome, published October 28, 2024, both checked November 9, 2026.
- Images: Memphis skyline (Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0), Southaven sign (Chillin662, CC BY-SA 4.0), NERSC technician (Derrick Coetzee, CC0), electricians prepping conduit (MTA Capital Construction, CC BY 2.0); featured image, Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers, 1876, public domain; all via Wikimedia Commons, read November 9, 2026.
Next check: Monday, November 16, 2026. We will see whether any language tutor jobs return, whether the Mobile Construction list keeps growing and whether Mercor’s board keeps falling.
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