Research Engineer

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Research Engineer to build AI systems that achieve unprecedented performance and tackle tasks previously thought impossible.

You will design, implement, and improve a massive-scale distributed machine learning system, write bug-free ML code, and contribute to the science behind the algorithms used. You will collaborate with teams advancing AI research and deployment across OpenAI's mission to benefit humanity.

Qualifications

• Solid programming skills and ability to write clean, efficient code.
• Experience building and operating large distributed machine learning systems.
• Interest in and alignment with OpenAI's research approach and mission.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and improve a massive-scale distributed ML system.
• Develop and maintain bug-free machine learning code.
• Contribute to the scientific foundations behind the deployed algorithms.
• Work on challenges at the intersection of engineering and AI research.

Skills

Strong programming

Distributed systems

OpenAI research

Job description

By applying to this role, you will be considered for Research Engineer roles across all teams at OpenAI.

About the Role

As a Research Engineer here, you will be responsible for building AI systems that can perform previously impossible tasks or achieve unprecedented levels of performance. We're looking for people with solid engineering skills (for example designing, implementing, and improving a massive-scale distributed machine learning system), writing bug-free machine learning code, and building the science behind the algorithms employed.

The most outstanding deep learning results are increasingly attained at a massive scale, and these results require engineers who are comfortable working in large distributed systems. We expect engineering to play a key role in most major advances in AI of the future.

We expect you to:

• Have strong programming skills

• Have experience working in large distributed systems

• Be excited about OpenAI’s approach to research

Nice to have:

• Interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology

• Past experience in creating high-performance implementations of deep learning algorithms

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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