Product-Focused Research Engineer, ML & RL

OpenAI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 324,000 - 396,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Mental health support

401(k) with 50% matching

Unlimited time off

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

OpenAI, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to advance our models. This role combines deep ML engineering with research, focusing on reinforcement learning and product-driven evaluation of model capabilities.

You will own a research agenda, collaborate with research and product teams, build robust evaluations, and contribute code across the research stack. The position follows a hybrid model with relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Strong ML engineering skills and research experience, especially with novel and highly capable models.
• Ideal candidate is passionate about product-driven research.
• Experience in reinforcement learning and product-oriented research.

Responsibilities

• Own and pursue a research agenda to improve model capability and performance.
• Collaborate closely with research and product teams to help customers optimize their models.
• Build robust evaluations for tracking modeling improvements.
• Design, implement, test, and debug code across the research stack.

Skills

ML engineering

Research experience

Model evaluation

Job description

OpenAI, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to advance our models. This role combines deep ML engineering with research, focusing on reinforcement learning and product-driven evaluation of model capabilities.

You will own a research agenda, collaborate with research and product teams, build robust evaluations, and contribute code across the research stack. The position follows a hybrid model with relocation assistance.