Staff Data Scientist, Core Experimentation Platform

OpenAI; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 293,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is hiring a Staff-level Data Scientist to lead improvements in their experimentation platform. The ideal candidate will have strong statistical expertise and hands-on experience building platforms at scale. You’ll address complex challenges in online experimentation and translate statistical concepts into practical solutions. This role will work in a hybrid model, primarily based in Bellevue, with a compensation range of $293K – $325K USD.

Qualifications

• Experience building, scaling, or operating experimentation platforms at a large technology company.
• Deep expertise in statistics, causal inference, and online experimentation methodology.
• Strong understanding of practical experimentation challenges in production systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive the statistical direction and technical strategy for OpenAI’s experimentation platform.
• Design and improve experimentation methodologies used across product and research teams.
• Develop scalable analytical systems and pipelines in Python and distributed compute environments.

Skills

Statistics

Causal inference

Python

Scaling experimentation platforms

Data processing frameworks

Communication skills

Tools

Spark

Job description

OpenAI is hiring a Staff-level Data Scientist to lead improvements in their experimentation platform. The ideal candidate will have strong statistical expertise and hands-on experience building platforms at scale. You’ll address complex challenges in online experimentation and translate statistical concepts into practical solutions. This role will work in a hybrid model, primarily based in Bellevue, with a compensation range of $293K – $325K USD.