Research Engineer

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Research Engineer to develop groundbreaking AI systems. This role involves designing and implementing large-scale distributed machine learning systems and writing efficient, bug-free code. Candidates should possess strong programming skills and a passion for AI research. Join a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of AI technology while ensuring its safe deployment and positive impact on humanity. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of AI advancements and contribute to a mission that values diverse perspectives and experiences.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills and experience in large distributed systems.
• Ability to write bug-free machine learning code.

Responsibilities

• Build AI systems that achieve unprecedented levels of performance.
• Design and improve massive-scale distributed machine learning systems.

Skills

Programming Skills

Large Distributed Systems

Machine Learning Code

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 do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.