xAIData Visualization Engineer
xAI is hiring a Data Visualization Engineer in Palo Alto, United States. It pays $132k-$198k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on xAI.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Databricks, Tableau and Tableau Server.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 296 other open roles at xAI.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
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Data Visualization Engineer to administer the BI platform, build rapid dashboards, and manage reporting infrastructure.
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
This Data Visualization Engineer is a versatile, hands-on builder who owns how 𝕏 turns data into decisions. They will administer our current BI platform, build dashboards quickly, and partner with the business to shape a modern, unified reporting and analytics solution.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Business-critical responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Administering our BI platform (currently Tableau Server) as its sole administrator: upgrades, patches, maintenance, license management, SSO, and data drivers
- Supporting 12 department sites and their Site Admins, plus about 700 users, including owning the tbl-site-admins and tableau Slack channels
- Handling all BI requests through Slack and Jira (about 12 a week): access, ownership changes, data source issues, troubleshooting, and fixing bugs
- Communicating proactively with Site Admins, users, and developers about downtime, upgrades, and widespread issues
- Quickly designing and building dashboards and data products that turn complex data into clear, decision-ready insight
- Maintaining an inventory of existing reports and dashboards and working with business owners to decide what to migrate, rebuild, or retire
- Helping stakeholders pick the right solution for each use case (dashboard, custom application, Grok team bot, and so on) and leading the migration to it
- Setting standards for data access, row-level security, and visualization quality
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong SQL, including complex joins, window functions, and performance tuning
- Data visualization and dashboard design: chart selection, UX, and storytelling with data
- Row-level security and data access controls
- Rapid dashboard development in one or more BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI, Superset, or similar)
- Platform administration fundamentals: SSO/SAML, APIs, and monitoring
- Comfort using AI tools to speed up analysis, development, and migrations
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Data modeling and warehouse concepts (star schemas, semantic layers) on platforms such as BigQuery, Snowflake, or Databricks
- Python or JavaScript for data prep, automation, or custom visuals
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
$132,000 - $198,000 USD
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, 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.
SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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Data Visualization Engineer at xAI rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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