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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Model Behavior | OpenAI

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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Model Behavior

Research - San Francisco

About the Team

Model behavior makes current and future models better for people at scale.

This small team of expert tastemakers, designers, PMs, and researchers works across the company and is responsible for how OpenAI’s models behave. We work on products with hundreds of millions of users and OpenAI’s internal cutting-edge models.

About the Role

As a model behavior researcher at OpenAI, you will create evals to guide the research organization. The evals are the models: in this role, you will have a significant impact on steering the behavior of today’s products and future AGI.

This role involves collaboration with alignment, training, data, RL, and post-training teams. Strong product intuition and understanding of classical AI alignment challenges are essential.

In this role, you will:

1. Help decide how today’s products and tomorrow’s AGI will act.
2. Design evaluations to ensure OpenAI’s models are aligned with this intent.
3. Develop evaluation technology to oversee our models as capabilities advance.

You might thrive here if you:

1. Have extensive experience with large ML codebases.
2. Have published or worked publicly on language model evals used at major labs.
3. Possess artistic, design, or notable product experience alongside research skills.
4. Understand the importance of getting initial conditions right for AGI.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push AI capabilities forward and seek to deploy them safely through our products. We value diverse perspectives and experiences that reflect the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other protected characteristics.

For more information, see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement .

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and others. We consider criminal history that may impact job duties, such as safeguarding hardware or maintaining confidentiality.

We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, available via this link .

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We believe AI can help solve global challenges, and we aim to share its benefits widely. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Compensation

$310K – $460K + Equity offers

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