Researcher, Safety Training is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $380K - $500K. Posted on May 25, 2023, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are seeking researchers to advance safety training for OpenAI’s models. You will develop methods that improve model behavior after pretraining, including RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, PPO, preference optimization, adversarial training, synthetic data generation, safety evaluations, and model behavior analysis. This role is highly cross-functional. You will work with core training teams, product teams, policy, legal, trust…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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