Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied Engineering

Details

We bring OpenAI's technology to the world through products like ChatGPT and the OpenAI API. We seek to learn from deployment and distribute the benefits of AI while ensuring these tools are used responsibly and safely. Safety is prioritized over unfettered growth.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Research Engineer to work on retrieval & search problems across our API and ChatGPT. Retrieval & search are key use cases for our models, and this role sits at the center of the company's retrieval & search efforts. Work you drive here will reach millions of end users.

Responsibilities

• Work on retrieval & search algorithms and methodologies in close collaboration with the research team (domains include document search, enterprise search, knowledge retrieval, and web-scale search).
• Deploy search methodologies into production in both the API and ChatGPT to be used by millions of end users.
• Explore novel research topics in retrieval & 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 production.
• Own problems end-to-end and acquire missing knowledge as needed to complete projects.

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 or web-scale search systems.
• Ability to move quickly in environments where scope may be loosely defined and priorities may compete.
• Strong collaboration skills to partner with research, engineering, product, and design teams.

Benefits

• Base pay in the listed range plus generous equity and potential performance-related bonuses.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 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 and paid medical/caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees and paid time off for non-exempt employees.
• 13+ paid company holidays and coordinated company office closures.
• 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.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose AI benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of AI capabilities and seek to safely deploy them through our products. We are an equal opportunity employer and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks will be administered in accordance with applicable law.