Platform & B2B Data Scientist, APIs & Metrics

OpenAI; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

OpenAI is hiring a Data Scientist on the Platform team in San Francisco. You will drive a data-driven culture for APIs and B2B solutions, defining metrics that matter for developer success and enterprise value, and partnering with PMs and engineers to improve model quality, reliability, latency, and cost.

You will embed with the Platform product team, design rigorous experiments, and build dashboards to empower product and GTM teams with actionable insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a quantitative role in ambiguous, high-growth environments (platforms, APIs, or B2B products a plus).
• Depth in SQL and Python, with a track record proposing, designing, and running rigorous experiments.
• Experience defining and operationalizing metrics from scratch (including reliability/latency/cost and safety).
• Strong cross-functional communication with PMs, engineers, and executives.
• Strategic instincts beyond p-values—clear thinking about tradeoffs and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Embed with the Platform product team as a trusted partner, uncovering ways to improve developer experience, reliability, and usage growth
• Define north-star metrics across the developer funnel (activation, retention, growth), as well as latency/cost guardrails for new features and models
• Design and interpret A/B tests and controlled rollouts (e.g., new model versions, pricing/limits, new API features, new B2B products)
• Build source-of-truth dashboards and self-serve data tools for product, engineering, and go-to-market teams
• Translate product learnings into actionable feedback for Research (e.g., failure modes, eval gaps, model response quality)

Skills

SQL

Python

Experiment design

Cross-functional communication

NLP/LLMs

Job description

OpenAI is hiring a Data Scientist on the Platform team in San Francisco. You will drive a data-driven culture for APIs and B2B solutions, defining metrics that matter for developer success and enterprise value, and partnering with PMs and engineers to improve model quality, reliability, latency, and cost.

You will embed with the Platform product team, design rigorous experiments, and build dashboards to empower product and GTM teams with actionable insights.