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Software Engineer, Research - Human Data

OpenAI· Research
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San Francisco$295k - $385kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

OpenAI seeks a Software Engineer to join the Human Data team, building platforms, prototypes, tools, and infrastructure that power how AI models are trained, aligned, and evaluated. The role involves partnering with researchers and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data workflows and scalable production infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain robust full-stack systems for feedback collection, data labeling, and evaluation pipelines, while maintaining high levels of security.
  • Translate experimental alignment research into scalable production infrastructure, including inference and model training stacks.
  • Design and iterate on user-facing tools and backend services to support high-quality data workflows
  • Partner with researchers, engineers, and program leads to shape feedback loops and model interaction paradigms
  • Drive infrastructure improvements that enable faster iteration and scaling across OpenAI’s frontier models, from internal research tooling all the way to production ChatGPT.

Qualifications

  • 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 a broad range of human values
  • Care deeply about inclusive tooling and building systems that enhance model safety, reliability, and usefulness

Skills

Required:Software engineering fundamentalsFull-stack developmentData pipelines / data workflowsResearch collaborationSystem scalability

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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