OpenAI
Software Engineer, Research - Human Data
About this role
Join OpenAI's Human Data team to build full-stack systems and infrastructure that enable AI models to learn from human feedback at scale. You'll work closely with researchers to translate alignment research into production pipelines and tools that shape how advanced models are trained and evaluated.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain full-stack systems for feedback collection, data labeling, and evaluation pipelines with strong security
- Translate experimental alignment research into scalable production infrastructure for inference and model training
- Design and iterate on user-facing tools and backend services supporting high-quality data workflows
- Partner with researchers and cross-functional teams to refine feedback loops and model interaction paradigms
- Drive infrastructure improvements enabling faster iteration and scaling across frontier models and ChatGPT
- Own technical solutions end-to-end from backend pipelines to user interfaces
What they're looking for
- Production system design and scalability
- Full-stack software development
- Backend pipeline architecture
- User interface and frontend development
- Data infrastructure and evaluation systems
- Security best practices
- Problem-solving in ambiguous research environments
- Cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Hybrid work model: 3 days in office per week in San Francisco
- Relocation assistance for new employees
- High-impact work directly influencing AI model training and alignment
- Collaboration with world-class researchers
- Technical ownership and full-stack autonomy
- Opportunity to shape AI safety and human value reflection
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OpenAI
OpenAI builds AI infrastructure and products, including large-scale data center campuses for AI computing and generative AI applications for enterprise customers. The company is hiring civil engineers, project engineers, electrical design engineers, data center R&D engineers, and AI deployment engineers to expand its infrastructure capabilities and help customers deploy AI solutions.
View all jobs at OpenAILikely interview questions
- Describe your experience building full-stack systems at scale. Walk us through a production system you owned end-to-end, from backend infrastructure to user-facing features.
- How would you approach translating a research team's experimental alignment idea into a scalable production pipeline? What challenges do you anticipate?