Research Services👥 201 employees📍 San Francisco, CA, USEst. 2015
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with…
Job Overview
We're seeking an experienced Data Scientist to join our infrastructure team at OpenAI. This remote-friendly position is based in San Francisco, CA with a hybrid work model (3 days in office per week) and offers relocation assistance. You'll play a key role in shaping how we scale the cloud infrastructure that powers OpenAI's products and research, supporting millions of users and businesses globally.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Data Management
Build and maintain foundational datasets and metrics that reflect infrastructure usage, efficiency, and scaling
Develop forecasting and optimization models to support infra planning and resource allocation
Strategic Partnership
Partner with engineering teams, research, and product teams to shape infrastructure strategy through data
Drive clarity with source-of-truth dashboards and analyses that guide infra decisions across OpenAI
Requirements
Experience & Background
5+ years of experience in a quantitative role navigating ambiguous environments, ideally in infrastructure, systems, or platform domains at a high-growth company or research org
Experience defining and operationalizing metrics that reflect system performance, resource usage, or efficiency from the ground up
Technical Skills
A strong foundation in SQL and Python, and a track record of building models and analyses that drive technical and strategic decisions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with engineers, researchers, and product stakeholders
A strategic mindset that goes beyond statistical testing to surface actionable insights and long-term tradeoffs
Preferred Qualifications
Proven track record of operating as a data partner in large scale backend systems
Comfortable navigating fast-paced execution while also anchoring decisions in long-term impact
Strong programming background, with ability to run simulations and prototype variants
Experience in NLP, large language models, or generative AI
Compensation
The compensation range for this position is $255K - $405K, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
