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Elon Musk’s xAI is hiring two software engineers to develop AI anime “companions,” according to a job listing on the company’s website. The company is looking for a “Fullstack Engineer – Waifus<\/a>” and a “Mobile Android Engineer – Waifus<\/a>” to make “Grok’s realtime avatar products the best in the world” \u2014 and both pay up to $440,000 in compensation.<\/p>\n According to Dictionary.com<\/a>, a “waifu” is a “term for a fictional character, usually in anime or related media, that someone has great, and sometimes romantic, affection for.” Business Insider<\/i> notes<\/a> that earlier this week, xAI released two AI “companions” for Grok, the company’s AI platform, and one of the “companions,” named “Ani,” looks like an anime character. There is also a red panda, “Bad Rudi,” who insults users when used, according to NBC News<\/a>. A third male anime character is on the way.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Here’s How Much a Typical Microsoft Employee Makes in a Year<\/a><\/p>\n According to the company website, xAI’s mission is “to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.”<\/p>\n The roles will make “Grok’s realtime avatar products fast, scalable, and reliable,” according to the postings, and “help push forward audio and gameplay research.” <\/b><\/p>\n The Fullstack Engineer role is located in the Bay Area, and tech skills needed include: Python, Rust, WebSocket, WebRTC. The interview process begins with a 15-30 minute phone interview with technical questions. After that, there are two other steps: a “deep dive coding challenge” and a meet and greet with the wider team. The salary range is $180,000 to $440,000.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Here’s How Much a Typical Nvidia Employee Makes in a Year<\/a><\/p>\n The Mobile Android<\/a> Engineer role has the same salary range and also will work on Grok’s real-time avatar products, but should have knowledge of Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and the Android View system, Coroutines, Flow, Android Studio, Gradle, Media3 or ExoPlayer, and Rust.<\/p>\n The interview process is also longer: a 15-minute phone interview with basic questions, then 3 technical interviews: a coding assessment in a language of your choice; a systems hands-on demonstrating practical skills in a live problem-solving session; and a project deep-dive presenting your past exceptional work. Finally, a meet and greet with the wider team.<\/p>\n “Our goal is to finish the main process within one week,” the post reads. “All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet.”<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> This New AI Startup Led By a Former OpenAI Exec Is Offering $500,000 Salaries<\/a><\/p>\n Join top CEOs, founders and operators at the<\/i> <\/i>Level Up conference<\/i><\/a> to unlock strategies for scaling your business, boosting revenue and building sustainable success.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Elon Musk’s xAI is hiring two software engineers to develop AI anime “companions,” according to a job listing on the company’s website. The company is looking for a “Fullstack Engineer – Waifus<\/a>” and a “Mobile Android Engineer – Waifus<\/a>” to make “Grok’s realtime avatar products the best in the world” \u2014 and both pay up to $440,000 in compensation.<\/p>\n According to Dictionary.com<\/a>, a “waifu” is a “term for a fictional character, usually in anime or related media, that someone has great, and sometimes romantic, affection for.” Business Insider<\/i> notes<\/a> that earlier this week, xAI released two AI “companions” for Grok, the company’s AI platform, and one of the “companions,” named “Ani,” looks like an anime character. There is also a red panda, “Bad Rudi,” who insults users when used, according to NBC News<\/a>. A third male anime character is on the way.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Here’s How Much a Typical Microsoft Employee Makes in a Year<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n