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Posted 9 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

OpenAIPrincipal Software Engineer

Requirements

10+ years experience in Python or TypeScript, Experience in ML systems or security products, Ability to work in 0 -> 1 environments

Skills

PythonTypeScriptMachine Learning

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Help define and execute the technical roadmap for Codex Cyber’s security products, including evaluations, safeguards, and deployment decisions
  • Work with trusted defenders and customers to understand cyber use cases and turn feedback into product priorities
  • Shape cyber-specific model training and access patterns, including data, evaluations, and validation
  • Build and validate systems for measuring cyber capabilities and monitoring misuse risk
  • Collaborate with Safety, Research, Security, Legal, and GTM teams on company-wide cyber priorities
  • Translate frontier cyber research into launch-ready tools and durable infrastructure

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages
  • Experience in ML systems, security products, cyber evaluations, model training, or safety engineering
  • Ability to navigate 0 -> 1 environments and ambiguous, high-stakes domains
  • Strong judgment regarding cyber capability, misuse risk, and deployment tradeoffs

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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Principal Software Engineer

OpenAI · San Francisco

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