Weekly digest
Week of 16 March 2026
40 new roles this week across 18 companies; the biggest movers: Saronic (+5), xAI (+5), Baseten (+4).
Research
- Post-Training Research Scientist — Baseten Platform for deploying and serving machine learning models with high-performance inference at scale
ML engineering
- Member of Technical Staff - Model Training — xAI Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
- Software Engineer - Voice Model — xAI
Infrastructure
- Member of Technical Staff - Compute Platform — Reflection AI Builds open AI models that enable anyone to control and shape intelligent systems
- Member of Technical Staff, Agent Infrastructure — Hark AI Builds multimodal AI agents with speech, vision, and text that learn your preferences and proactively complete
- Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Core Experimentation — OpenAI Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
- Data Center Operations Technician — xAI
Data
Software
- Member of Technical Staff - Voice Product — xAI
- Member of Technical Staff, Hark Mobile — Hark AI
- Member of Technical Staff, Hark Web — Hark AI
- Perception and Autonomy Engineer — Saronic Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
- Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Core Experimentation — OpenAI
- Software Engineer, Localization — OpenAI
- Web Engineer, X — xAI
- Application Software Engineer — K2 Space Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
Hardware
- Commissioning Chief Engineer, Marauder — Saronic
- Accuracy Control Engineer (All Levels) — Saronic
- Sub-Assembly Technician — Saronic
- Weld Engineer (All Levels) — Saronic
- RTL and Design Verification Engineer — Ricursive Intelligence Designs AI chips using machine learning to optimize semiconductor development and inference performance
- Hardware / Software CoDesign Engineer - 3P — OpenAI
- Satellite Manufacturing Engineer — K2 Space
- CNC Machinist — Mach Industries Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
- Field Drone Technician — Mach Industries
- Manufacturing Engineer — Neuralink Develops implantable brain-computer interfaces enabling paralyzed individuals to control devices through thoug
- Control Systems Engineer — American Terawatt Builds a national HVDC transmission network for large industrial electricity loads
- Electrical Engineer, Hardware Systems — Etched Etched.ai is a technology startup developing specialized hardware for large language model (LLM) inference
- Embedded Software Engineer, BSP — Hark AI
- Manufacturing Intern, Surgery & Robot Hardware — Neuralink
Science
- Application Scientist (AI Materials Science), Singapore — CuspAI Uses AI and molecular simulation to accelerate materials discovery for pharma, biotech, and clean energy
Go-to-market
- Demand Generation Lead — Perplexity AI-powered answer engine that provides conversational, source-backed responses to user queries
- Founding Experiential Marketing Lead — Listen Labs AI-powered platform that conducts automated video and audio interviews to generate customer insights at scale
- Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Partners Sales — Anthropic Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
- Account Executive - AI Native — Baseten
- Account Executive - Enterprise — Baseten
- Insights Strategist — Listen Labs
Operations
- Technical Program Manager — K2 Space
- Senior Technical Recruiter — Valar Atomics Builds high-temperature gas reactors for industrial power, hydrogen, and clean fuel production at scale
- Recruiting Operations — Mercor Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking
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