Research Engineer/Research Scientist (RL/Reasoning) in San Francisco

OpenAI is advertising for Research Engineer or Research Scientist (RL/Reasoning) roles based in San Francisco, offering engagement in reinforcement learning and reasoning research with a hybrid work model and substantial compensation including equity. The position involves designing and evaluating RL algorithms, building scalable ML systems, and contributing to frontier AI research in a fast-paced environment. Relocation support is available, and the compensation ranges from US$295,000 to US$445,000 annually plus equity.

Salary plus equity; relocation assistance; hybrid work model (3 days in office per week).

Applicants should have a strong background in machine learning or reinforcement learning, practical software engineering skills, and the ability to prototype and iterate on research ideas.

Applications are submitted through OpenAI’s official careers portal.