Research Scientist, Mathematical Sciences (San Francisco) Job at OpenAI, San Francisco, CA

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  • OpenAI
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

About the Role

As a Research Scientist focused on the mathematical sciences, you will help build models, tools, and workflows that move theoretical researchin fields such as mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer scienceforward. Youll design domain-specific data and signals, shape training and evaluation, guide how to wire models to scientific tools, and work with the academic community to speed up adoption and impact.

Were looking for people who

Hold a current or recent academic position in mathematical sciences (mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science) or a related field

Regularly use frontier models in their own research

Move easily between theory and code, and are eager to contribute technically as well as academically

Either know or are eager to learn modern AI and run AI experiments end-to-end

Are strong scientific communicators

Care about rigor and reproducibility in scientific results

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will

Assist in designing and building frontier AI models that are great at solving frontier mathematical sciences problems

Build high-quality scientific datasets and synthetic data pipelines (symbolic, numeric, and simulator-based)

Design reinforcement and grading signals for mathematical sciences and run reinforcement learning/optimization loops to improve model reasoning

Define and run evals for scientific reasoning, derivations, simulations, and literature grounding; track progress over time

Partner with research labs and the academic community

Drive adoption of frontier AI within the scientific community

Uphold high standards for safety, data governance, and reproducibility

You might thrive in this role if you

Are passionate about pushing the boundaries of your field using AI

Have used ChatGPT to do calculations and prove or improve lemmas in your field of study

Communicate clearly to both scientists and AI engineers; you like collaborating across teams and with academia

Nice to have

Open-source contributions to mathematical science or AI tooling

Experience building or curating domain datasets and benchmarks

Experience engaging a research community (teaching, workshops, tutorials, standards)

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Relocation package,

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