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AI lab, snapshot September 28, 2026

xAI AI governance jobs: 10 open roles

How many AI governance jobs is xAI hiring for?

10 of xAI's 276 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 28, 2026 (3.6 percent of the board). By family: legal 6, governance, risk and compliance 3, safety and evaluation 1. Read weekly from xAI's own job board. Every row links to xAI's own posting and to the seat on our map it matches.

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Regulations these postings name

The seats on our map

Matched by the titles postings use for each seat. The role page lists what the seat asks for and carries the readiness check.

The programs that teach what xAI asks for

Counted from the graded topics that teach the competencies these postings name. Your own path is shorter: it skips what you can already prove.

The 10 open roles

RoleNext step
AI Tutor, Legal & Compliance
Remote International, posted 2026-09-24
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Corporate Counsel
Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX; New York, NY; Washington, DC, posted 2026-09-24
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Energy & Infrastructure Counsel, Memphis
Memphis, TN, posted 2026-09-24
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Energy & Infrastructure Counsel, Memphis
Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA, posted 2026-09-24
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Enterprise Commercial Counsel
Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY, posted 2026-09-24
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Product Counsel
Palo Alto, CA, posted 2026-09-24
Readiness for AI Regulatory Counsel
Software Engineer, Evals
Palo Alto, CA, posted 2026-09-24
Readiness for AI Evaluation Specialist
Sr. Security Engineer, GRC Fintech & Financial Services
Palo Alto, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC, posted 2026-09-24
Readiness for AI Security Architect
Sr. Security Engineer, GRC Fintech & Financial Services EU/UK
Dublin, Ireland; London, England, United Kingdom, posted 2026-09-24
Readiness for AI Security Architect
Sr. Security Engineer, GRC Frameworks & AI Governance
Palo Alto, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC, posted 2026-09-24
Readiness for AI Security Architect

Questions

How many AI governance jobs is xAI hiring for?
10 of xAI's 276 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 28, 2026 (3.6 percent of the board). By family: legal 6, governance, risk and compliance 3, safety and evaluation 1. Read weekly from xAI's own job board.
Which regulations do xAI's governance postings name?
EU AI Act (2), GDPR (1), US state AI laws (1), NIS2 (1), DORA (1), ISO/IEC 42001 (1), SOC 2 (1).
What would I need to be ready for a governance role at xAI?
The postings call for contract terms that allocate ai risk, evidence collection and audit-ready documentation, how models work, at a governance depth, regulatory change management, ai audit and independent assurance. Paste the posting you want into the readiness check to see which of these you can already prove and the graded path that closes the rest.

Part of the AI Governance Hiring Index, 216 roles at 14 employers, measured weekly. GAGE is not affiliated with xAI; the postings are theirs.