Research Engineer, Privacy is open at OpenAI in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Jul 14, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
As a part of the Privacy Engineering Team, you will work on the frontlines of safeguarding user data while ensuring the usability and efficiency of our AI systems. You will help us understand and implement the latest research in privacy-enhancing technologies such as differential privacy, federated learning, and data memorization. Moreover, you will focus on investigating the interaction between privacy and machine…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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