Researcher, Agent Safety, Training and Evaluations is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $380K - $500K. Posted on Sep 3, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for strong executors with excellent judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and an understanding of frontier model research. You don’t need prior safety or alignment experience, we also welcome people that recently realized that alignment and safety is a critical area to contribute to. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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