Software Engineer, AI Safety, Mid-Level

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• Architect, build, and maintain anti-abuse and content moderation infrastructure designed to protect us and end users from unwanted behavior.
• Work closely with our other engineers and researchers to utilize both industry standard and novel AI techniques to measure, monitor and improve AI models’ alignment to human values.
• Diagnose and remediate active incidents on the platform and build new tooling and infrastructure that address the root causes of system failure.

Qualifications: Required:

• You have built and run production services in a high growth, rapidly scaling environment.
• You can debug live issues and restore systems quickly.
• You have worked on content safety, fraud, or abuse, or are motivated and excited to work on present-day (“now-term”) AI safety.
• You have experience with Python or with modern languages such as C++, Rust, or Go, and are able to quickly ramp up on Python.
• You understand the trade-offs of capabilities and risks and navigate them to deploy novel products and features safely.
• You can critically assess risks of a new product or feature and devise innovative solutions to mitigate these risks without harming the product experience.
• You’re pragmatic. You know when to build a quick, good-enough fix, and when to invest in a robust, lasting solution.
• You possess strong project management skills. You are self-directed and can remove roadblocks to drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.
• You’ve deployed classifiers or machine learning models, or are excited to learn about modern ML infra.

Preferred: • Our infrastructure is built on Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure, Python, Postgres, and Kafka. While we value experience with these technologies, we are primarily looking for engineers with strong technical skills who understand the fundamental problems these tools solve, and can quickly pick up new tools and frameworks. Company: OpenAI creates artificial intelligence technologies to assist with tasks and provide support for human activities. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage. OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Jobright.ai by 2x Inferred from the description for this job Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Get notified about new Software Engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA . San Francisco, CA $160,000.00-$180,000.00 2 weeks ago San Francisco, CA $130,000.00-$238,000.00 2 weeks ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$250,000.00 2 weeks ago Full-Stack Software Engineer (Jr/Mid level) San Francisco, CA $120,000.00-$180,000.00 1 month ago San Francisco, CA $57.00-$61.00 3 days ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$230,000.00 3 months ago San Francisco, CA $57.00-$61.00 3 days ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$283,000.00 2 weeks ago Software Engineer, AI Intern (Winter 2026) San Francisco, CA $57.00-$61.00 3 days ago Software Development Engineer I - Frontend & Mobile San Francisco, CA $99,500.00-$200,000.00 2 weeks ago Software Engineer, AI Intern (Summer 2026) San Francisco, CA $57.00-$61.00 3 days ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$176,000.00 3 months ago San Francisco, CA $120,000.00-$190,000.00 9 months ago Graduate Software Engineer (Redwood City, CA) San Francisco, CA $125,000.00-$175,000.00 2 months ago San Francisco, CA $163,200.00-$223,200.00 2 weeks ago Software Engineer, Frontend (All Levels) San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$180,000.00 6 days ago San Francisco, CA $165,000.00-$165,000.00 2 years ago San Francisco, CA $120,000.00-$200,000.00 2 years ago San Francisco, CA $140,000.00-$280,000.00 8 months ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobright.ai