Data Scientist, Safety
OpenAI · San Francisco · New York City
CHECKED 52M AGO
Frontier labremote$265k–$380k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build analytical foundations to deploy frontier AI responsibly at scale.
- Measure harmful behavior and detect fraud and coordinated misuse.
- Evaluate safety classifiers and improve mitigation and review workflows.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Strong data scientist who thrives in ambiguous, high-leverage environments and cares about safe AI deployment. Brings strong judgment and ownership, partnering across product, policy, and research.
Requirements
- Strong statistical reasoning and analytical judgment
- Experience with experimentation, causal inference, or observational analysis
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience working with messy, incomplete, or noisy datasets
- Ability to structure open-ended business or risk problems
- Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- High ownership and comfort operating independently
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