Software Engineer, Research - Human Data
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 23H AGO
Frontier labonsite$295k–$385k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build full-stack systems for feedback collection, labeling and evaluation
- Turn experimental alignment research into scalable production infrastructure
- Shape feedback loops powering OpenAI's frontier models including ChatGPT
What they offer
- Equity
- Relocation assistance
Ideal candidate
Full-stack engineer who thrives on ownership and ambiguity and loves partnering with researchers. Motivated by shaping how AI learns from human preferences and building inclusive, safe, reliable systems.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems at scale
- Enjoy full-stack development with end-to-end ownership from backend pipelines to user interfaces
- Motivated by high-impact collaboration with research teams and solving novel, ambiguous problems
- Excited to shape how AI systems learn from human preferences and reflect human values
- Care deeply about inclusive tooling and building systems that enhance model safety, reliability and usefulness
- remote policy
- Hybrid, 3 days in office per week
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