OpenAI · 11 hours ago
Technical Lead, Safety Research
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
4+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Technical Lead for Safety Research will develop strategies to enhance AI safety and alignment, coordinate research efforts, and drive evaluations to mitigate risks associated with AI models.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Set the research directions and strategies to make our AI systems safer, more aligned and more robust
Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including the rest of the research organization, T&S, policy and related alignment teams, to ensure that our AI meets the highest safety standards
Actively evaluate and understand the safety of our models and systems, identifying areas of risk and proposing mitigation strategies
Conduct state-of-the-art research on AI safety topics such as RLHF, adversarial training, robustness, and more
Implement new methods in OpenAI’s core model training and launch safety improvements in OpenAI’s products
Qualification
Required
Strong track record of practical research on safety and alignment, ideally in AI and LLMs
Experience leading large research efforts in the past
4+ years of experience in the field of AI safety, especially in areas like RLHF, adversarial training, robustness, fairness & biases
Ph.D. or other degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field
Experience in safety work for AI model deployment
In-depth understanding of deep learning research and/or strong engineering skills
Team player who enjoys collaborative work environments
Preferred
Excited about OpenAI's mission of building safe, universally beneficial AGI and aligned with OpenAI's charter
Demonstrates a passion for AI safety and making cutting-edge AI models safer for real-world use
Benefits
Relocation assistance
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
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2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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