Privacy-Preserving ML Engineer

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

A leading AI research company is seeking a privacy engineer in San Francisco. You will protect user data while ensuring AI system efficiency, employing techniques like differential privacy and federated learning. Responsibilities include designing privacy-preserving algorithms, investigating privacy-performance trade-offs, and developing documentation. Ideal candidates have experience with privacy technologies and deep learning. OpenAI promotes a diverse environment and offers relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience with privacy-preserving machine-learning algorithms.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex concepts to non-experts.
• Ability to work in fast-moving, cross-disciplinary environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype privacy-preserving machine-learning algorithms.
• Measure and strengthen models against privacy attacks.
• Develop internal libraries and documentation for privacy techniques.
• Lead investigations into privacy-performance trade-offs.
• Define privacy standards and audit procedures.
• Collaborate with various teams to comply with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Hands-on research or production experience with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)

Fluency in modern deep-learning stacks (PyTorch/JAX)

Ability to stress-test models for private data leakage

Track record of publishing or implementing novel privacy or security work

Effective communication and documentation skills

Job description

A leading AI research company is seeking a privacy engineer in San Francisco. You will protect user data while ensuring AI system efficiency, employing techniques like differential privacy and federated learning. Responsibilities include designing privacy-preserving algorithms, investigating privacy-performance trade-offs, and developing documentation. Ideal candidates have experience with privacy technologies and deep learning. OpenAI promotes a diverse environment and offers relocation assistance.