OpenAI

Software Engineer, Safety Engineering

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Base Salary

$185k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end development of internal tools that improve the safety of OpenAI’s models, including protections for vulnerable users.
  • Partner with Safety Systems researchers, engineers, and model policy creators to translate workflows and requirements into durable product solutions.
  • Build full-stack experiences for labeling and inspecting data, analyzing and reviewing failure cases, and surfacing insights for iteration.
  • Optimize internal applications for usability, speed, and scale to increase team velocity and reduce time to fix safety issues.
  • Transform successful AI-assisted safety workflows into external-facing safety products for developers.

Requirements

  • Have 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at technology and product-driven companies.
  • Be proficient with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies.
  • Be proficient with at least one backend language; the team uses Python.
  • Have experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.
  • Have an interest in AI/ML; direct experience is not required.
  • Be comfortable partnering closely with researchers and policy writers to ship tools that improve model safety.
OpenAI

About OpenAI

1,001-5,000 employees

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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