OpenAI · 22 hours ago
Data Scientist, Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$255K/yr - $405K/yr
5+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As a Data Scientist on the Infra team, you will shape how we scale the infrastructure that powers OpenAI’s products and research, focusing on efficiency and resource allocation.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Build and maintain foundational datasets and metrics that reflect infrastructure usage, efficiency, and scaling
Develop forecasting and optimization models to support infra planning and resource allocation
Partner with engineering, research, and product teams to shape infrastructure strategy through data
Drive clarity with source-of-truth dashboards and analyses that guide infra decisions across OpenAI
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in a quantitative role navigating ambiguous environments, ideally in infrastructure, systems, or platform domains at a high-growth company or research org
Experience defining and operationalizing metrics that reflect system performance, resource usage, or efficiency from the ground up
A strong foundation in SQL and Python, and a track record of building models and analyses that drive technical and strategic decisions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with engineers, researchers, and product stakeholders
A strategic mindset that goes beyond statistical testing to surface actionable insights and long-term tradeoffs
Preferred
Proven track record of operating as a data partner in large scale backend systems
Comfortable navigating fast-paced execution while also anchoring decisions in long-term impact
Strong programming background, with ability to run simulations and prototype variants
Experience in NLP, large language models, or generative AI
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
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
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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