Job Description
Research Engineer in OpenAI's Applied AI Engineering group, responsible for turning state-of-the-art research into production systems across products like ChatGPT and the API. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and optimizing advanced ML/LLM models, building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure, and collaborating closely with research and product teams to ship impactful features.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy advanced ML models that solve real‑world problems for OpenAI products.
- Build and optimize data pipelines and training/evaluation workflows for large-scale LLM systems.
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product managers to translate research directions into shipped features.
- Optimize models for performance, reliability, and cost in production environments.
- Participate in code reviews, share best practices, and help maintain a high engineering bar.
- Monitor deployed models and iterate based on observed behavior and user feedback.
Benefits
Total compensation range listed as $250,000 – $555,000 plus equity.Competitive salary and meaningful equity.Health, dental, and vision coverage (U.S.) and retirement/401(k) with employer contributions (based on historical OpenAI benefits).Relocation support to San Francisco and hybrid in‑office schedule.Generous paid time off and leave policies.Access to cutting‑edge compute and internal tooling for large‑scale ML research.
Category
AI Research Scientist