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OpenAI

Researcher, Alignment Training

OpenAI

Published 07 May 2026
San Francisco, CA, USA
$250K - $445K
Full Time

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Key skills

AI
Training Data
Information Technology
Data Security
pre-training
post-training
Research
Machine Learning
Infrastructure
Deployment

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

LOOP
OpenAI

Description

The role involves shaping the research agenda for alignment training by defining desired model behaviors and designing interventions to teach them. Researchers will build evaluation loops to assess whether these behaviors are broad, robust, and durable across various training stages.

Required Qualifications and Skills

The role requires a senior researcher with exceptional technical depth in large-scale model training, synthetic data, or evaluation. Candidates must demonstrate a strong record of technically excellent work in machine learning, specifically within pre-training, post-training, or training infrastructure. The position necessitates the ability to design experiments, build pipelines, and analyze results to form research hypotheses. Clear communication skills across research, engineering, and product contexts are essential.

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About the company

OpenAI

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1136

Founded

HQ

San Francisco, US

Public/Private

Partnership

Description

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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