Software Engineer, Safety Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 1H AGO
Frontier labremotesenior$207k–$385k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build full-stack tooling that improves safety and reliability of OpenAI models.
- Focus on sensitive protections like mental health and vulnerable-user safety.
- Turn successful safety workflows into external products empowering safer AI.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Self-starter product builder who thrives in fast-moving teams and cares deeply about AI safety. You love partnering with researchers and policy to turn ideas into reliable tools with real-world impact.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech and product-driven companies
- Proficient with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies
- Proficient with at least one backend language (Python)
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
- Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)
- Excited to partner closely with researchers and policy writers to ship safety-improving tools
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