Software Engineer, Safety Engineering
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 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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About the Role
You will own end-to-end development of internal tools that improve model safety, particularly around mental health and vulnerable-user protections. You'll work closely with researchers, engineers and policy creators, build full-stack experiences for labeling and reviewing data, optimize apps for speed and scale, and turn successful workflows into external safety products.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech and product-driven companies
- Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies
- Proficiency with at least one backend language (Python used)
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
- Interest in AI/ML
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end development of internal tools that improve the safety of models
- Partner with researchers, engineers, and model policy creators to understand workflows and requirements
- Build full-stack experiences for labeling and inspecting data, reviewing failure cases, and surfacing insights
- Optimize internal applications for usability, speed, and scale
- Transform successful AI-assisted safety workflows into external-facing safety products
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic 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
