Software Engineer, Cyber Safeguards is open at OpenAI in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $230K - $325K. Posted on Aug 14, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for a very senior, independent Software Engineer to lead the technical work behind cyber safeguard infrastructure in Preparedness. You’ll bring production-grade engineering discipline to systems that support everything from cyber evaluations and safeguard research internally to enabling the safe deployment of capabilities externally, while working closely with researchers and security partners. The…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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