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Software Engineer, AI Safety

United States, San Francisco 185000.00 - 325000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 21, 2026
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At OpenAI, we're dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence, and we know that creating a secure and reliable platform is vital to our mission. That's why we're seeking a software engineer to help us build out our trust and safety capabilities. In this role, you'll work with our entire engineering team to design and implement systems that detect and prevent abuse, promote user safety, and reduce risk across our platform. You'll be at the forefront of our efforts to ensure that the immense potential of AI is harnessed in a responsible and sustainable manner.

Job Responsibility

  • Architect, build, and maintain anti-abuse and content moderation infrastructure designed to protect us and end users from unwanted behavior
  • Work closely with our other engineers and researchers to utilize both industry standard and novel AI techniques to measure, monitor and improve AI models’ alignment to human values
  • Diagnose and remediate active incidents on the platform and build new tooling and infrastructure that address the root causes of system failure

Requirements

  • Built and run production services in a high growth, rapidly scaling environment
  • Can debug live issues and restore systems quickly
  • Experience with content safety, fraud, or abuse, or are motivated and excited to work on present-day (“now-term”) AI safety
  • Experience with Python or with modern languages such as C++, Rust, or Go, and are able to quickly ramp up on Python
  • Understand the trade-offs of capabilities and risks and navigate them to deploy novel products and features safely
  • Can critically assess risks of a new product or feature and devise innovative solutions to mitigate these risks without harming the product experience
  • Pragmatic, knowing when to build a quick, good-enough fix, and when to invest in a robust, lasting solution
  • Possess strong project management skills, self-directed and can remove roadblocks to drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
  • Deployed classifiers or machine learning models, or are excited to learn about modern ML infra
  • Experience with technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure, Python, Postgres, and Kafka is valued

What we offer

  • 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 (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • 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, may also be provided
  • Offers Equity
  • Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
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