Research Engineer

Details

By applying to this role, you will be considered for Research Engineer roles across all teams at OpenAI.

About the role

As a Research Engineer here, you will be responsible for building AI systems that can perform previously impossible tasks or achieve unprecedented levels of performance. We're looking for people with solid engineering skills (for example designing, implementing, and improving a massive-scale distributed machine learning system), writing bug-free machine learning code, and building the science behind the algorithms employed.

The most outstanding deep learning results are increasingly attained at a massive scale, and these results require engineers who are comfortable working in large distributed systems. We expect engineering to play a key role in most major advances in AI of the future.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve massive-scale distributed machine learning systems.
• Write reliable, bug-free machine learning code.
• Build the scientific and algorithmic foundations behind AI systems.
• Collaborate with research teams across OpenAI.

Requirements / We expect you to

• Have strong programming skills.
• Have experience working in large distributed systems.
• Be excited about OpenAI’s approach to research.

Nice to have

• Interest in and thoughtfulness about the impacts of AI technology.
• Past experience creating high-performance implementations of deep learning algorithms.

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 the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law. OpenAI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range listed: $295K - $440K (base pay may vary depending on location, skills, and experience).
• Offers equity and may include performance-related bonuses for eligible employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter expenses).
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave; flexible PTO and paid holidays.
• Mental health and wellness support; life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.