Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $380K - $500K. Posted on Aug 21, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for an exceptional, hands-on researcher who wants to build frontier health capabilities and turn them into impact at scale. This is a role for someone who can take an important, underdefined problem from 0→1: identify the right bet, build what’s needed to test it, and drive it all the way to a measurable improvement in the models and products we actually ship. We’re especially excited about two kinds…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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