Research Scientist

About The Role

As a Research Scientist here, you will develop innovative machine learning techniques and advance the research agenda of the team you work on, while also collaborating with peers across the organization. We are looking for people who want to discover simple, generalizable ideas that work well even at large scale, and form part of a broader research vision that unifies the entire company.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative machine learning techniques and contribute to the advancement of the field.
• Collaborate with peers across the organization to advance the research agenda of the team.
• Own and pursue a research agenda, including choosing impactful research problems and autonomously carrying out long-running projects.
• Formulate and execute plans to improve existing machine learning algorithms or create new ones.

Requirements

• Possess the ability to own and pursue a research agenda, including choosing impactful research problems and autonomously carrying out long-running projects.
• Be excited about OpenAI’s approach to research.
• Have a track record of coming up with new ideas or improving upon existing ideas in machine learning, demonstrated by accomplishments such as first author publications or projects.

Nice to Have

• Interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology.
• Past experience in creating high-performance implementations of deep learning algorithms.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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Compensation Range

$250K - $445K