Research Engineer - Safety Oversight

🕒 July 2, 2025

🏢🏡 San Francisco – Hybrid

💵 $245k - $440k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📚 Research Engineer

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OpenAI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

OpenAI is a leading research organization and company dedicated to creating advanced artificial intelligence technology, with a strong emphasis on safety and ethical considerations. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI products like ChatGPT, which can assist users with tasks ranging from everyday requests to complex enterprise solutions. OpenAI also provides an API platform that integrates its AI models into various applications. The company is focused on innovation in AI and improving data analysis capabilities, while emphasizing safety and ethical governance of their systems.

📋 Description

• The Safety Systems team is responsible for various safety work to ensure our best models can be safely deployed to the real world to benefit the society. • The Safety Oversight Research team aims to fundamentally advance our capabilities to maintain oversight over frontier AI models. • OpenAI is seeking a senior researcher with a passion for AI safety and experience in safety research. • In this role, you will develop and refine AI monitor models to detect and mitigate known and emerging patterns of misuse and misalignment. • Set research directions and strategies to make our AI systems safer, more aligned, and more robust.

🎯 Requirements

• Are excited about OpenAI’s mission of building safe, universally beneficial AGI and are aligned with OpenAI’s charter • Show enthusiasm for AI safety and dedication to enhancing the safety of cutting-edge AI models for real-world use. • Bring 4+ years of experience in the field of AI safety, especially in areas like RLHF, human-AI collaboration, fairness & biases. • Hold a Ph.D. or other degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field. • Thrive in environments involving large-scale AI systems. • Possess 4+ years of research engineering experience and proficiency in Python or similar languages.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family • Mental health and wellness support • 401(k) plan with 50% matching • Generous time off, many company holidays, and multiple coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge. • Paid parental leave (24 weeks paid birth-parent leave & 20-week paid parental leave) and family-planning support • Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)