Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity Risks
OpenAI · San Francisco
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Frontier labonsite$380k–$500k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build end-to-end mitigation stack for severe model-enabled cyber misuse.
- Stress-test safeguards against novel exploits and automated attack workflows.
- Help keep frontier AI safeguards ahead of evolving attacker behaviors.
Ideal candidate
Safety-motivated researcher who loves building robust protections for frontier AI and thrives collaborating across research, product, and security to reduce severe cyber misuse.
Requirements
- Passion for AI safety and safer real-world use of cutting-edge AI models
- Demonstrated experience in deep learning and transformer models
- Proficiency with frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles
- Familiarity with training and fine-tuning LLMs including distillation, supervised fine-tuning, and policy optimization
- Significant experience designing and deploying technical safeguards for abuse prevention, detection, and enforcement at scale
- Ability to collaborate effectively across research, security, policy, product, and engineering
- Background knowledge in cybersecurity or adjacent fields (nice to have)
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