Data Scientist Monitoring Operations
Location: On-Site, San francisco bay area, CA

Job Description:

Are you passionate about ensuring the integrity of AI products and identifying potential misuse before it becomes a problem? As a Data Scientist on the Monitoring Operations team, you'll be at the heart of OpenAI’s safety efforts, designing robust systems to monitor and mitigate abuse risks across new and existing products. You’ll play a vital role in keeping our technology safe and trusted by users.


About the Role:

In this role, you’ll:


Proactively Build Monitoring Systems: Collaborate with Product, Policy, and Engineering teams to establish monitoring for new product launches, addressing key risks and ensuring adequate data and tooling are in place.

Sustain Monitoring for Existing Products: Refine and automate existing monitoring processes, creating efficiencies that enhance product safety and response capabilities.

Respond to Critical Escalations: Actively manage escalations, particularly those not captured by existing safety systems, often requiring quick resolution in high-stakes situations.

Qualifications:

You could be a great fit if you:


  • Have 4+ years of technical analysis experience, particularly in SQL and Python
  • Are experienced in trust and safety roles, and enjoy working cross-functionally with policy, enforcement, and engineering
  • Possess data engineering skills for building core tables and data pipelines
  • Excel at scaling and automating processes, especially using language models
  • Why This Role?
  • Real Impact: Contribute directly to the safety of groundbreaking AI products
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside industry leaders across multiple disciplines
  • Dynamic Responsibilities: No two days are the same as you work to prevent misuse and maintain product integrity
  • Ready to be a crucial part of OpenAI’s mission to create safe and ethical AI? Apply now to join our San Francisco team and be a driving force in AI safety!


Key Skills:

  • Data Scientist, Monitoring Operations
    Data Scientist