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Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government

OpenAI · Washington, DC

CHECKED 23H AGO

Frontier labremotesenior$211k–$302k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build AI-powered cyber tools moving from prototype to operational use.
  • Empower agencies with automated content synthesis and advanced search.
  • Partner directly with cyber operators to boost critical national security missions.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on cybersecurity practitioner with national security mission experience who loves building operational tools alongside operators. Product-minded, mission-driven collaborator who thrives on-site solving hard cyber problems end to end.

Requirements

  • Hold an active TS/SCI clearance and a current, active full-scope polygraph.
  • Bring 7+ years of hands-on technical experience in cybersecurity, cyber operations, or security-focused software engineering, including work with government customers.
  • Have practical experience across offensive and defensive cybersecurity such as red teaming, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or threat hunting.
  • Have personally written code, integrated security tools, and built, tested, and deployed cyber capabilities with measurable mission outcomes.
  • Understand secure network and cloud architecture, identity and least privilege, and restricted operating environments.
  • Have hands-on programming experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go and integrating APIs, agents, and security platforms.
  • Communicate clearly with cyber practitioners, engineers, senior leaders, and nontechnical stakeholders.
  • Own problems end to end, drive multiple concurrent projects, and learn unfamiliar tools or mission requirements as needed.

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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