Research Scientist

OpenAI OpenAI · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Research

Research Scientist roles at OpenAI focusing on developing innovative machine learning techniques and advancing the research agenda, with a focus on discovering generalizable ideas and contributing to a broad research vision. The role emphasizes owning a research agenda and pursuing long-running projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. develop innovative machine learning techniques and advance the research agenda of the team you work on, while also collaborating with peers across the organization
  2. discover simple, generalizable ideas that work well even at large scale, and form part of a broader research vision that unifies the entire company
  3. 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
  4. Possess the ability to own and pursue a research agenda, including choosing impactful research problems and autonomously carrying out long-running projects
  5. Be excited about OpenAI’s approach to research

Skills

Required

  • track record of coming up with new ideas or improving upon existing ideas in machine learning
  • ability to own and pursue a research agenda
  • choosing impactful research problems
  • autonomously carrying out long-running projects

Nice to have

  • creating high-performance implementations of deep learning algorithms
  • interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology

What the JD emphasized

  • first author publications

Other signals

  • develop innovative machine learning techniques
  • advance the research agenda
  • discover simple, generalizable ideas that work well even at large scale
  • form part of a broader research vision