Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied Engineering

Details

We bring OpenAI's technology to the world through products like ChatGPT and the OpenAI API. The team seeks to learn from deployment and distribute the benefits of AI while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely.

Responsibilities

• Work on retrieval and search algorithms and methodologies in close collaboration with the research team, including document search, enterprise search, knowledge retrieval, and web-scale search.
• Deploy search methodologies into production in both the API and ChatGPT for use by millions of end users.
• Explore novel research topics in retrieval and search that may inform product strategy in the medium and long term.
• Partner with researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers to bring new features and research capabilities to users.
• Own problems end-to-end and develop any missing knowledge needed to complete the work.
• Move quickly in an environment with loosely defined work, competing priorities, and deadlines.

Requirements

• Extensive prior experience building and maintaining production machine learning systems.
• Prior experience working with vector databases, search indices, or other data stores for search and retrieval use cases.
• Prior experience building and iterating on internet-scale search systems.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, paid company holidays, office closures, and paid sick or safe time as required by applicable law.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits may be provided, including charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.
• Total compensation also includes equity and performance-related bonuses for eligible employees.