Research Engineer / Research Scientist
- Personal AGI, Personality and Model Behavior OpenAI
- 4.6 San Francisco, CA Job Details $380,000
- $500,000 a year 2 hours ago Qualifications AI models Evaluation research Reinforcement learning Data augmentation Tooling Mid-level Engineering research AI implementation Model training User research for product design Machine learning (ML) fundamentals Model evaluation Artificial intelligence research Technical Proficiency Debugging Full Job Description Post-training
- San Francisco About the Team The Personality & Model Behavior team, within OpenAI's broader Personal AGI team conducts research on how to shape personalities and guide the behavior of models.
We think about topics such as emotional intelligence, reasoning, and how models interact thoughtfully with users. We're particularly interested in understanding how individual users want ChatGPT to behave, and creating personalized models that feel uniquely tailored to each user. We integrate this research into ChatGPT and other OpenAI products that are used by hundreds of millions of users. About the Role We're looking for individuals with strong ML engineering skills and research experience, especially with novel and highly capable models, and in areas like reinforcement learning and reward modeling. An ideal candidate is passionate about product-driven research. In this role, you will: Conduct research around personalization, personality, and model behavior by leveraging and developing tools such as synthetic data, reward modeling, and reinforcement learning. Build robust evaluations and model training pipelines to facilitate our research. Innovate new post-training methods. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. You might thrive in this role if you: Have a deep understanding of machine learning and its applications. Have prior knowledge in training and optimizing models and building evaluations. Are willing to dive into large ML codebases to debug issues. Thrive in dynamic and technically complex environments. Have a track record of delivering innovative, out-of-the-box solutions to address real-world constraints. 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 the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employeration, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable lawation technology systems and related data security obligations. To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Compensation $380K
