Engineering Manager, Distillation & Detection Platform is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $400K - $445K. Posted on May 20, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for an engineering manager to lead a team building software systems that detect and prevent harmful misuse of frontier AI models—before incidents occur. This is a builder’s role: you’ll lead engineers shipping production services, detection pipelines, and mitigation mechanisms that protect frontier model integrity and reduce high-severity misuse risk. While this work intersects with frontier model…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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