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OpenAI · 4 days ago

Research Engineer, Frontier Evals & Environments - Finance

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityEntry, Mid Level
money$200K/yr - $370K/yr
date2+ years exp

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Research Engineer will identify important model capabilities in finance, design methods to quantify performance, and refine evaluations of frontier AI models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
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Responsibilities

Identify important model capabilities, skills, and behaviors that are crucial to financial workflows, and design methods to quantify performance in these areas
Own and pursue a research agenda to identify an important model capability (especially as it relates to financial reasoning) and build evals to measure it
Continuously refine evaluations of frontier AI models to assess the extent of frontier capabilities

Qualification

Statistical analysisFinancial reasoningExcel proficiencyResearch agenda ownershipPassionate about AGI/ASITeam playerCommunicationDetail-orientedCross-functional collaboration

Required

Have strong engineering and statistical analysis skills (with at least 2-3 years of full-time technical experience)
Be passionate about Excel spreadsheets and/or finance
Be detail-oriented and thorough
Be a team player / willing to do a variety of tasks to move the team forward
Be passionate and knowledgeable about AGI/ASI measurement
Be able to operate effectively in a dynamic and extremely fast-paced research environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end

Preferred

Prior background / domain expertise in finance, especially investment banking or private equity (e.g., through internships, prior jobs)
An ability to work cross-functionally
Excellent communication skills

Company

OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
dateFounded in 2015
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.openai.com

H1B Sponsorship

OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$79B
Key Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B

Leadership Team

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Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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