Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Agents

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative AI research company is seeking Research Engineers and Scientists to push the boundaries of agent research. This dynamic role combines fundamental research with the practical application of AI technologies, allowing you to directly influence product development. You will engage in a hybrid work model, collaborating with a talented team to evaluate and improve AI models effectively. If you're passionate about advancing AI and eager to contribute to impactful projects, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to harnessing AI for the benefit of humanity.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Professional Development

Remote Work Options

Qualifications

• Strong background in reinforcement learning and language models.
• Experience in designing and implementing robust evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Own and pursue a research agenda to enhance model performance.
• Build evaluations to track improvements in modeling.

Skills

Reinforcement Learning

Language Models

Research Methodology

Programming (Python)

Evaluation Design

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Master's in AI or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Git

Job description

Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Agents

The Agents team within Research works in research areas combining language models, reinforcement learning, and agents.

About the Role

We’re looking for Research Engineers / Scientists eager to advance the frontier of agent research. This role involves a full process from fundamental research to launching the research work as an agent product.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

Own and pursue a research agenda to identify the weakness of the model and improve it

Build robust evaluations for tracking modeling improvements.

Design, implement, test, and debug code across our research stack.

You might thrive in this role if you:

Believe that having a solid evaluation is crucial for research projects to succeed

Are excited about shipping the research work as a product

Don’t have biased opinions on what methodology should be used to solve a particular problem

Are happy to learn whatever is needed and have unique way of learning quickly

Are a first-principles thinker

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.

For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via thislink .

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.