OpenAI
Research Engineer / Research Scientist / AI Systems Engineer, RSI
$295K–$445K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
About the job
Build AI systems that automate research workflows and improve research productivity across model training, evaluation, and deployment.
What you'll do
- Design evaluations and data feedback loops for research capabilities and workflows.
- Improve models using agent harnesses, synthetic data, RL environments, and model training.
- Build research agents, orchestration systems, sandboxed runtimes, and safe integrations with research infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience across LLM training, model evaluations, agent systems, synthetic data, research infrastructure, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Ability to work across research and implementation, including data pipelines, tooling, and infrastructure.
Pay
$295K – $445K (base salary)
Tools
LLM, RL
AI focus
Automate research workflows and develop AI capabilities that accelerate research, including research agents, model training, and evaluation.
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