Researcher, Synthetic RL

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 310,000 - 460,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Skills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Analytical thinking","Problem-solving"]

The role focuses on designing and developing reinforcement learning techniques that leverage synthetic data, environments, and feedback to improve large-scale AI models. You’ll design experiments, analyze learning dynamics, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate findings into production training pipelines, with a hybrid San Francisco-based work model and relocation support.

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Researcher, Synthetic RL

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Job Summary

The role focuses on designing and developing reinforcement learning techniques that leverage synthetic data, environments, and feedback to improve large-scale AI models. You’ll design experiments, analyze learning dynamics, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate findings into production training pipelines, with a hybrid San Francisco-based work model and relocation support.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Research and develop reinforcement learning algorithms.
  • •Design and run experiments to study training dynamics and model behavior at scale.
  • •Collaborate with engineers and researchers to integrate successful approaches into model training pipelines.
  • •Translate research insights into training approaches used in production systems.
  • •Contribute to open-ended research that shapes the training of frontier AI models.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 310,000 - 460,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •Strong background in reinforcement learning, machine learning research, or related fields.
  • •Strong engineering and statistical analysis skills.
  • •Enjoy exploring new problem spaces where data, objectives, and evaluation are imperfect or evolving.
  • •Motivated by seeing research ideas influence real-world AI systems.
  • •Ability to work in a hybrid Western United States setting and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Experience:Artificial intelligenceMachine learningResearch
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationAnalytical thinkingProblem-solving
Languages:English

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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