Risk Analyst
Fin$100,000 - $175,000/year
Full Time
Junior (1 to 2 years)
$255,000 – $325,000Compensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, Safety SystemsIndustries
Requirements
- 3–6+ years in data science, measurement/causal inference, or risk analytics in high-stakes domains
- Strong in sampling, inference, uncertainty quantification, probability theory, and rare-event estimation
- Comfortable with time-varying metrics
- Solid Python and SQL skills
- Fluent with data warehouses and productionizing notebooks/pipelines
- Ability to communicate complex estimators into clear actions for executives and cross-functional partners
Responsibilities
- Define the measurement framework for user-level risk across products and cohorts
- Establish baselines and statistical confidence for core metrics
- Build decision-ready reporting surfaces (executive dashboards, weekly briefs, launch readouts)
- Clean and organize ambiguous data from disparate sources, building automated pipelines and systems
- Create attribution and change-tracking to connect shifts in user behavior to mitigations, product changes, and external events
- Partner across Safety Systems, Data Science, Product, and Policy
- Uphold quality, privacy, and governance by documenting methods and ensuring auditability
- Monitor signals for emerging risks and anomalies, recommending priorities to reduce harmful usage and improve user safety
- Communicate clearly and concisely to deliver insights and trade-offs to executives and engineering teams
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the salary range for this Data Scientist position?
The salary range is $255K - $325K.
Is this role remote or does it require office presence?
The role is based in San Francisco, CA with a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week in the office; relocation support is available. It is listed as Remote for location type.
What skills are required for this Data Scientist role?
Candidates need 3–6+ years in data science, measurement/causal inference, or risk analytics; strong skills in sampling, inference, uncertainty quantification, probability theory, and rare-event estimation; and solid Python and SQL with experience in data warehouses and productionizing pipelines.
What is the team like for this position?
The Intelligence & Investigations (I2) team detects and disrupts abuse and strategic risk, with Strategic Intelligence & Analysis building a user-risk measurement function that sits between Safety Systems, Data Science, Integrity, and Product to turn safety signals into decision intelligence.
What makes a strong candidate for this role?
Strong candidates have 3–6+ years in data science or risk analytics in high-stakes domains, expertise in statistical methods like sampling and uncertainty quantification, and proficiency in Python/SQL with pipeline productionization.
OpenAI
Develops safe and beneficial AI technologies
About OpenAI
OpenAI develops and deploys artificial intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting humanity. The company creates advanced AI models capable of performing various tasks, such as automating processes and enhancing creativity. OpenAI's products, like Sora, allow users to generate videos from text descriptions, showcasing the versatility of its AI applications. Unlike many competitors, OpenAI operates under a capped profit model, which limits the profits it can make and ensures that excess earnings are redistributed to maximize the social benefits of AI. This commitment to safety and ethical considerations is central to its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves all of humanity.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$18,433.2MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
Mental healthcare service
Fertility treatment coverage
401(k) with generous matching
20-week paid parental leave
Life insurance (complimentary)
AD&D insurance (complimentary)
Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
Optional buy-up life insurance
Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
Annual learning & development stipend
Regular team happy hours and outings
Daily catered lunch and dinner
Travel to domestic conferences
Risks
Elon Musk's legal battle may pose financial and reputational challenges for OpenAI.
Customizable ChatGPT personas could lead to privacy and ethical concerns.
Competitors like Anthropic raising capital may intensify market competition.
Differentiation
OpenAI's capped profit model prioritizes ethical AI development over unlimited profit.
OpenAI's AI models, like Sora, offer unique video creation from text descriptions.
OpenAI's focus on AGI aims to create AI systems smarter than humans.
Upsides
OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding boosts its AI research and computational capacity.
Customizable ChatGPT personas enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
OpenAI's 'Operator' AI agent could revolutionize workforce automation by 2025.
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