Security Preparedness Lead, Coding Agents

Details

Preparedness is a critical Safety Research team focused on mitigating AI threats to global security that could scale to an extreme level of severity. The work involves measuring the evolving capabilities of frontier AI systems, maintaining safeguards and security measures, and coordinating mitigation targets through OpenAI's preparedness framework.

The role focuses on defending internal AI agents against insiders, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and powerful AI agents. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical executor with experience working directly with advanced cyber threat actors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain threat models describing how advanced attackers could compromise coding assistants and automated security systems.
• Identify critical security investments to make in advance, prioritizing by implementation lead times, costs, and benefits.
• Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Research, Legal, and Preparedness teams to align on implementation plans and tradeoffs.
• Lead technical execution when needed, including prototyping controls, writing and reviewing software, and coordinating engineers across teams.
• Work with penetration testers to close gaps in defenses.

Requirements

• Exceptional hands-on technical execution skills.
• Experience working with advanced persistent threat actors or other capable cyberoffensive groups.
• Ability to reason creatively about non-standard security problems and design workable controls under tight constraints.
• Experience leading technical programs or teams.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI systems and seeks to safely deploy them through its products.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $293,000–$405,000, plus equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time.
• 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 benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.