xAI (SpaceXAI)

Who can join

• The right to work from your country without sponsorship. xAI says it cannot provide visa sponsorship, and in the US it cannot hire in Wyoming or Illinois.
• A location the posting allows. Most tutor roles may be done remotely from anywhere, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone fit and the role's needs, but some are narrower: the French tutor role, for example, is open only in the United States and Canada.
• For language roles: native proficiency in the language, English at B2 level or above with clear, natural speech for recordings, and the ability to transcribe audio accurately across accents.
• For the Writing role: verifiable proof of qualification in at least one specialty. Most specialties ask for 5+ years of professional work and a public portfolio; Creative Fiction asks for at least two of major publishing deals, 50,000+ sales, 10+ stories in major outlets, major awards or critical acclaim.
• For Legal & Compliance: a J.D. or foreign equivalent, at least 2 years of practicing law in a listed practice area, and bar admission or a similar legal certification.
• For Video roles: a portfolio of excellent video work (edited shorts, motion graphics, VFX breakdowns or compositing reels) and hands-on skill with tools such as Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects or Nuke.
• Not working for a competitor at the same time. The application asks whether you currently work with companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Scale AI, Invisible Technologies, Google or Meta, and says you may not work for SpaceXSI and a competing company concurrently.
• If you work on your own device: a Chromebook, a Mac on macOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.

Step by step

1. 1

   Find an AI Tutor posting on xAI's board

   xAI posts tutor roles on its own Greenhouse board, now under the name SpaceXSI. On 15 October 2026 it listed 19 AI Tutor roles among 302 postings: 13 languages (Croatian, Finnish, French, Hausa, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish and Yoruba) plus Writing, Humanities, Design, Legal & Compliance, Video and Video (Weekend).

2. 2

   Read the requirements and the US pay band

   Each posting lists basic and preferred qualifications and an hourly band for US-based candidates: $35-$45 for language roles, $35-$75 for Writing, Design and Humanities, $40-$75 for both Video roles and $50-$100 for Legal & Compliance. For international candidates the posting only says pay information is given during recruitment.

3. 3

   Apply with your resume and the role's evidence

   Every form asks for your resume, legal name, location and the country you will work from, sponsorship and Wyoming or Illinois questions, full- or part-time preference and the competitor question. The Writing form adds your specialty, a 100-word list of qualifying accomplishments, verification evidence in the order the specialty lists it, and two writing samples of up to 1,000 words each in one document.

4. 4

   Take the assessment (as applicants report it)

   xAI's postings do not describe the screening. Applicants on Glassdoor, as summarized by aitrainer.work on 4 October 2026, report an emailed invitation to a CodeSignal assessment within a few days of applying, for tutor roles in general and not only software engineering; writing-heavy tracks report a timed, proctored writing task after it.

5. 5

   Do a short video interview

   Applicants describe a 20 to 30 minute call with the team about their background and the work, and some report a final interview after it. xAI's postings say only that specific details and role information are given during the interview process.

6. 6

   Get an offer, a background check and onboarding

   Applicants report a conditional offer first, then a background check, then onboarding on xAI's own annotation software.

7. 7

   Start work as xAI's tutor

   Tutor roles are full-time, part-time or contractor positions depending on the role and the candidate. Contractors set their own hours with no fixed commitment, though most projects need at least 10 hours a week. Eligible US positions include health insurance, a 401(k) plan and paid sick leave.

Tips to get accepted

• Outside the US, ask for the rate and its currency during recruitment: postings give no non-US figure at all.
• Expect time tracking. In July 2025 xAI told tutors to install Hubstaff and clock in and out, on personal computers if they had no company device; after Business Insider asked, it let people waiting for a company laptop hold off.
• The Video (Weekend) role has set hours on Saturday and Sunday, and its full-time schedules typically run Saturday to Wednesday or Thursday to Monday.
• Know what some projects involve. In a September 2025 Business Insider report, 12 of more than 30 xAI workers said they had met sexually explicit material, and six said opting out was hard because it meant declining a team lead's assignment.
• Hiring can stop without notice: Bloomberg reported in June 2026 that xAI had temporarily paused hiring specialist AI tutors, partly because HR could not keep up with applications.
• Apply only through xAI's own board, and be wary of anyone who contacts you first claiming to recruit for xAI: no legitimate employer asks for a fee, bank details or ID over chat.