OpenAI•19 days ago
Software Engineer, Safety Engineering
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
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This role is ideal for experienced full-stack engineers with a passion for internal tooling, data workflows, and AI safety systems.
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Candidates should possess solid foundational web development skills in JavaScript, React, and Python, paired with at least 5 years of industry experience.
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Direct machine learning experience is explicitly not required, making this accessible to strong product and backend/frontend generalists.
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Those who prefer isolated, purely traditional backend or frontend roles rather than cross-functional, iterative environments should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Own the end-to-end development of internal tools that help improve the safety of OpenAI's models, focusing on sensitive areas like mental health and vulner
- 2Partner closely with Safety Systems researchers, engineers, and model policy creators to translate requirements into durable product solutions.
- 3Build full-stack experiences to support core model policy workflows, including data labeling, data inspection, and failure case analysis.
- 4Optimize internal applications for usability, speed, and scale to increase team velocity and reduce time-to-fix for safety issues.
- 5Transform successful AI-assisted safety workflows into external-facing safety products that empower developers to build safer AI.
Skills Matrix
Must-Have Skills
JavaScript(JS)
React
Python
Relational Databases(Postgres)
Nice-to-Have Skills
No optional skills specified for this role.
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