Researcher, Safety Oversight
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
41 current maintainers27 active leads7 new active leads120 lead step-downs17 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop and refine AI monitor models to detect misuse and misalignment, set research directions for safer and more robust AI, design red-teaming pipelines, improve models' reasoning about human values, and collaborate with cross-functional teams such as T&S, legal and policy.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in AI safety, e.g. RLHF, human-AI collaboration, fairness and bias
- PhD or other degree in computer science, machine learning or related field
- 4+ years of research engineering experience
- Proficiency in Python or similar languages
- Experience with large-scale AI systems
Responsibilities
- Develop and refine AI monitor models to detect and mitigate misuse and misalignment
- Set research directions and strategies for safer, more aligned AI systems
- Evaluate and design red-teaming pipelines
- Conduct research to improve models' reasoning about human values
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including T&S, legal and policy
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO
- 13+ paid company holidays
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends