Staff Offensive Security Automation Engineer

OpenAI; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 347,000 - 490,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Staff - Principal level offensive security expert to build and own production-grade agents that continuously identify and coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities across OpenAI's infrastructure and applications. You will lead architecture, evaluation, and automation efforts at scale, balancing aggressive testing with safety and human oversight.

As automation expands, you will create a portfolio of specialized agents that understand OpenAI's environment, integrate context, and

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on offensive security experience and strong judgment about vulnerabilities worth pursuing.
• Extensive domain expertise in cloud, Kubernetes, web app security, and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner of OpenAI's offensive security agents and define architecture and strategy.
• Design and build a portfolio of agents to test infrastructure and applications from multiple perspectives.
• Develop production-quality infrastructure for continuous operation with guardrails and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Enable agents to document impact, drive remediation, and verify fixes with measurable outcomes.

Skills

Offensive security

Kubernetes security

Cloud security

Production-grade software

Agent systems

Security evaluation

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Staff - Principal level offensive security expert to build and own production-grade agents that continuously identify and coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities across OpenAI's infrastructure and applications. You will lead architecture, evaluation, and automation efforts at scale, balancing aggressive testing with safety and human oversight.

As automation expands, you will create a portfolio of specialized agents that understand OpenAI's environment, integrate context, and