OpenAI

Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Deep Research

San Francisco, California, United States

$295,000 – $530,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, BiotechnologyIndustries

Job Description

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Hybrid (3 days in office per week)
  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Salary: $295K - $530K
  • Location: San Francisco, CA

As a Research Engineer / Scientist, you will contribute to improving OpenAI’s models, focusing on agentic capabilities and fundamental research. This role involves collaborating with product teams, developing evaluations, and implementing algorithmic improvements. You’ll be a self-starter, driving research agendas and working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of machine learning and machine learning applications.
  • ML engineering skills.
  • Research experience.
  • Ability to debug and improve large ML codebases.
  • Comfortable with rapid iteration.

Responsibilities

  • Own and pursue a research agenda to improve model capability and performance.
  • Build robust evaluations for tracking modeling improvements.
  • Design, implement, test, and debug code across the research stack.
  • Collaborate closely with research and product/applied teams.
  • Develop methods to train agentic capabilities into the model.
  • Pursue algorithmic improvements to enhance model intelligence.
  • Develop new tools and train the model to utilize them.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of AI capabilities and seek to safely deploy them through our products. AI is a powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core.

Company Information

  • Equal Opportunity Employer: OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
  • Relocation Assistance: Offered to new employees.

Additional Information

  • Team: Deep Research team - responsible for building models powering Deep Research capability and future agentic offerings.

Skills

Machine Learning
ML Engineering
Research
Debugging
Algorithmic Improvements
Agentic Capabilities
Model Evaluation
Large ML Codebases

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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