OpenAI vs xAI: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
OpenAI has 835 open roles to xAI's 289. OpenAI posted more in the last 30 days (284 against 73). OpenAI's largest function is Engineering (34% of open roles); xAI's is Operations (31%). On posted base ranges, OpenAI's median midpoint is $311k against $215k at xAI. OpenAI is far more open to remote work (67% of roles against 13%).
| OpenAI | xAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 835 | 289 |
| New in 7 days | 93 | 32 |
| New in 30 days | 284 | 73 |
| Leadership seats open | 13 | 4 |
| Remote-friendly share | 67% | 13% |
| Research share of roles | 7% | 5% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 21% | 4% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $252k to $370k | $172k to $258k |
| Research roles | 57 | 14 |
| Engineering roles | 290 | 36 |
| Infrastructure roles | 128 | 77 |
| Data roles | 23 | 36 |
| Product & Design roles | 24 | 2 |
| Go-to-market roles | 176 | 12 |
| Operations roles | 130 | 92 |
Newest at OpenAI
- Platform Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) San Francisco
- Data Center Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer San Francisco
- Software Engineer, DevOps San Francisco
- Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber Washington, DC
- Research Lead, Policy Communications San Francisco
Newest at xAI
- Infrastructure Security Engineer - London Dublin, Ireland
- Lead Technician (Power Generation) - Memphis Southaven, MS
- Senior BSA/AML Investigator Palo Alto, CA
- Expert Team Lead, Engineering Palo Alto, CA
- Expert Team Lead, Medicine Palo Alto, CA
Shares are fractions of open roles. Salary is the median of posted base ranges in USD. Full company scorecards, hiring velocity and closed roles for every company are in Pro. AI salaries · Hiring index.