Engineering Manager, Youth Well-Being at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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$325,000 – $405,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience managing teams, ideally in a closely related domain
  • Experience in trust & safety, youth well-being, anti-fraud, or anti-abuse spaces
  • Ability to dive into codebase, intuit how it works, and provide strong engineering suggestions
  • Experience closing competitive candidates and crafting/compelling visions of the future
  • Very high emotional intelligence and deeply empathetic personality with strong ability to connect with colleagues
  • Voracious desire to learn and fill in missing skills, with talent for sharing information clearly and concisely
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions, viewing changes as opportunities to add structure
  • Deeply thoughtful about culture and building strong teams

Responsibilities

  • Hire and manage a diverse, high-performing engineering team
  • Guide the team in implementing teen and guardian experiences across OpenAI products, including ChatGPT
  • Build global age assurance systems that are privacy-preserving and tailored to regional compliance needs
  • Design and evolve identity infrastructure to support scalable, secure, and resilient user journeys at consumer internet scale
  • Help define safety and well-being metrics, and continuously improve user trust through technical interventions
  • Ensure team of engineers are performing at their peak, growing, and advancing in their careers

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Engineering ManagementTeam LeadershipSystem ArchitectureAge AssurancePrivacy EngineeringIdentity InfrastructureScalable SystemsRegulatory ComplianceSafety Metrics

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary range for the Engineering Manager, Youth Well-Being role?

The salary range is $325K - $405K.

Is this a remote or on-site position?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What experience is required for this Engineering Manager role?

Candidates need at least 5 years of experience managing teams, ideally in trust & safety, youth well-being, anti-fraud, or anti-abuse domains, plus the ability to dive into codebases and hire competitive talent.

What is the team culture like for the Youth Well-Being group at OpenAI?

The team prioritizes safety for vulnerable users over unfettered growth, emphasizes building strong teams and culture, and focuses on high emotional intelligence, empathy, and continuous learning in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

What makes a strong candidate for this Engineering Manager position?

Strong candidates have 5+ years managing teams in relevant domains, high emotional intelligence, comfort with ambiguity, ability to code-dive and hire top talent, and a passion for learning and team growth.

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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