Engineering Manager, MLE

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About the Team

The Integrity team at OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that our cutting-edge technology is secure from adversarial threats. The team defends against misuse in all its forms: content abuse, scaled attacks, and other actions that could undermine user experience or harm operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy advanced machine learning models that solve real-world problems and bring research from concept to implementation.
• Work closely with researchers, software engineers, and product managers to understand complex business challenges and deliver AI-powered solutions.
• Implement scalable data pipelines, optimize models for performance and accuracy, and ensure production readiness.
• Participate in code reviews, share knowledge, and lead by example to maintain high-quality engineering practices.
• Monitor and maintain deployed models to ensure continued value and reliability.

Requirements

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in deep learning and transformer models.
• Experience training and fine-tuning large language models (methods such as distillation, supervised fine-tuning, and policy optimization).
• Proficiency with frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
• Experience or interest in content understanding and abuse prevention with LLMs is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across functions.
• Ability to move fast in environments with loosely defined scope and competing priorities; willingness to own problems end-to-end.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on ensuring general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company emphasizes safety, diverse perspectives, and inclusive hiring practices. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Compensation

• Base salary range: $293,000 - $385,000 per year. Offers include equity and other compensation components.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts: Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents); paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks).
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees.
• 13+ paid company holidays and multiple coordinated office closures; paid sick or safe time as required by law.
• Mental health and wellness support; employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.