Job Details

About the Role

As a Research Scientist, you will develop innovative machine learning techniques and advance the research agenda of the team you work on, while also collaborating with peers across the organization.

We are looking for people who want to discover simple, generalizable ideas that work well even at large scale, and form part of a broader research vision that unifies the entire company.

What We Expect You To

• Have a track record of coming up with new ideas or improving upon existing ideas in machine learning, demonstrated by accomplishments such as first author publications or projects.
• Possess the ability to own and pursue a research agenda, including choosing impactful research problems and autonomously carrying out long‑running projects.
• Be excited about OpenAI's approach to research.

Nice to Have

• Interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology.
• Past experience in creating high‑performance implementations of deep learning algorithms.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

Compensation

Compensation Range: $295,000 – $440,000

Employment Details

Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Research
Industries: Research Services

EEO Statement

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI's Advocacy and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non‑public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via the provided link.