OpenAI

Software Engineer, Research - Human Data

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9 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$295k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain full-stack systems for feedback collection, data labeling, and evaluation pipelines.
  • Translate experimental alignment research into scalable production infrastructure, including inference and model-training stacks.
  • Design and iterate on user-facing tools and backend services supporting high-quality data workflows.
  • Partner with researchers, engineers, and program leads to shape feedback loops and model interaction paradigms.
  • Drive infrastructure improvements that accelerate iteration and scaling across OpenAI’s frontier models, research tooling, and ChatGPT.
  • Maintain high levels of security while building systems that support model safety, reliability, and usefulness.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems at scale.
  • Experience or interest in full-stack development with end-to-end ownership from backend pipelines to user interfaces.
  • Ability to collaborate with research teams and solve novel, ambiguous technical problems.
  • Interest in human preferences, AI alignment, inclusive tooling, and how AI systems learn from people.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring three days per week in the San Francisco office.
  • Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.
  • Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.

Categories

OpenAI

About OpenAI

10,000+ employees

OpenAI builds and deploys large-scale AI models and tools—including ChatGPT, GPT-4–class models, DALL·E, and Whisper—sold via APIs and enterprise subscriptions to developers and businesses. It monetizes through usage-based API pricing and ChatGPT Plus/Team/Enterprise, and also reaches customers via Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a private partnership.

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