Data Scientist, Core Experimentation is open at OpenAI in Seattle (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $347K - $385K. Posted on May 13, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are hiring a Staff-level Data Scientist to help lead the evolution of OpenAI’s core experimentation platform. This role is focused on improving the statistical rigor, reliability, and practical usability of experimentation across the company. You’ll work on some of the hardest problems in online experimentation: sample ratio mismatch detection, variance reduction, bias mitigation, metric design, triggered…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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