Research Engineer, Midtraining Architecture

About the Team The mid-training team does cross-cutting research, engineering, and execution, including activities classically associated with both pre-training and post-training. We improve OpenAI’s flagship models, adding new capabilities and making them more efficient. Recent examples of artifacts with major contributions from our team include GPT4-Turbo and GPT-4o. About the Role The efficiency of our frontier model architectures is key to making today’s models and those of the future accessible. Step-change improvements to efficiency can unlock new interfaces, enable new applications, and impact the frontier itself. Ideal candidates have a deep understanding of state-of-the art architectures, a sophisticated understanding of LLM inference, and a hands-on empirical approach. A good fit for this role will be equally happy coming up with a creative breakthrough, investing in strengthening a baseline, designing an eval, debugging a thorny regression, or tracking down a bottleneck. This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Design, execute, and analyze experiments autonomously and collaboratively Study, debug, and optimize both model performance and computational performance Contribute to training and inference infrastructure You might thrive in this role if you: Have experience landing contributions to major LLM training runs Can thoroughly evaluate and improve deep learning architectures in a self-directed fashion Are motivated by safely deploying LLMs in the real world Are well-versed in the state of the art transformer modifications for efficiency Compensation

$360K – $440K

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity and benefits. Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family Mental health and wellness support 401(k) plan with 50% matching Unlimited time off and 13 company holidays per year Paid parental leave (20 weeks) and family-planning support Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year) We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr OpenAI