Learning Systems Engineer
OpenAI · New York, NY
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- On site
- Full-time
- $284,500 / year
- New York, NY
Job highlights
- Build AI learning infrastructure.
- Enable adaptive learning experiences.
- Design data systems for insights.
- Empower non-technical educators.
- Shape AI's impact on learning.
About the role
About The Team
The Education team at OpenAI is building systems that help make ChatGPT a highly effective learning partner. As AI progress continues to accelerate, our goal is to design learning capabilities that help individuals, developers, educators, and organizations move from curiosity to mastery with the help of AI tools. This team works at the intersection of AI systems, learning science, and large-scale platforms to build the infrastructure for AI-native learning experiences globally.About The Role
OpenAI is seeking a Learning Systems Engineer to help build the infrastructure behind AI-native learning experiences. This role sits at the intersection of backend systems, learning science, research, and product. You will translate pedagogical goals into production systems: learner models, progress tracking, adaptive feedback loops, formative assessments, and analytics to measure whether people are actually learning. Your work will help ensure that millions of people around the world can learn effectively and build real capability with AI.What You'll Work On
- Build AI-Native Learning Infrastructure: Develop core systems for AI education, including dynamic experiences, progress tracking, and assessments.
- Enable Adaptive Learning: Develop capabilities that allow learning experiences to dynamically adapt to learners’ knowledge, goals, and behaviors over time.
- Design Data Systems for Insights: Build data pipelines and analytics systems to help educators understand learner outcomes, engagement patterns, and skill development.
- Empower Educators: Build systems that allow non-engineers to design, configure, and experiment with learning experiences without requiring direct engineering support.
What Success Looks Like In The First 12 Months
- Help launch new AI learning experiences that reach a broad set of learners.
- Refine infrastructure that allows educators to deliver adaptive learning and assessments.
- Validate the learning analytics pipeline to provide deeper insights into AI driven learning.
- Empower education teams to use AI tools to build and iterate at scale.
Core Qualifications
- 5–10+ years of experience in software, data, or learning engineering.
- Experience building data systems or infrastructure that support education & training.
- Experience working with learning data, analytics pipelines, or educational metrics.
- Comfort translating learning or pedagogical goals into technical systems.
Strong Additional Qualifications
- Background in learning science, instructional design, or education research.
- Experience building LMS platforms or training infrastructure.
- Experience with learning analytics, learner data models, or educational measurement.
- Experience building systems that incorporate AI models into educational workflows.
- Experience with credentialing, certification systems, or competency frameworks.
- Experience building platforms used by non-technical educators or curriculum teams.
Relevant Backgrounds
- Education technology engineering.
- Learning analytics or educational data systems.
- Instructional technology platforms.
- Training platforms for technical products.
- AI tutoring systems or adaptive learning platforms.
Why This Role Matters
AI will fundamentally transform how people learn, work, and create. This role is essential for building the systems that ensure the benefits of AI are accessible to all, enabling learners worldwide to develop meaningful capability with this foundational technology.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. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. 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. OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy 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. Compensation Range: $239K - $325KKey skills/competency
- Learning Systems Engineering
- AI-Native Learning Infrastructure
- Adaptive Learning Systems
- Data Systems for Education
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Metrics
- Pedagogical Goal Translation
- Software Engineering
- Backend Systems Development
- AI Integration in Education
Skills & topics
- Learning Systems Engineer
- Software Engineering
- Data Engineering
- Learning Science
- AI
- Education Technology
- Backend Development
- Analytics
- Infrastructure
- Adaptive Learning
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in software, data, or learning engineering, and showcase projects involving educational data or infrastructure.
- Showcase AI integration: Detail your experience building systems that incorporate AI models into educational workflows.
- Quantify achievements: Use metrics to demonstrate the impact of your work on learner outcomes and engagement.
- Prepare for technical questions: Be ready to discuss your approach to translating pedagogical goals into production systems.
- Research OpenAI's mission: Understand their commitment to safe and beneficial AI deployment.
Technical preparation
Practice building scalable data pipelines.,Implement adaptive learning algorithms.,Develop systems for tracking progress.,Design assessment frameworks.
Behavioral questions
Describe a complex system you built.,How do you translate abstract goals?,Share an experience with educational data.,How do you empower non-technical users?
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Learning Systems Engineer role at OpenAI?
- The Learning Systems Engineer at OpenAI is responsible for building the core infrastructure for AI-native learning experiences. This involves translating educational goals into technical systems like learner models, progress tracking, and adaptive feedback loops to help millions of people learn effectively with AI tools.
- What are the key responsibilities of a Learning Systems Engineer at OpenAI?
- Key responsibilities include developing AI-native learning infrastructure, enabling adaptive learning by creating dynamic systems, designing data pipelines for educational insights, and building platforms that empower non-technical educators to create and experiment with learning experiences.
- What qualifications are essential for the Learning Systems Engineer position at OpenAI?
- Core qualifications include 5-10+ years of experience in software, data, or learning engineering, experience building data systems for education/training, working with learning data and analytics, and the ability to translate pedagogical goals into technical systems.
- What makes this role at OpenAI unique?
- This role is unique because it sits at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research, learning science, and large-scale platform development. You will directly contribute to shaping how AI transforms global education and empowers learners worldwide.
- How can my background in learning science be valuable for this role?
- A background in learning science, instructional design, or education research is a strong additional qualification. It allows you to bring a deeper understanding of pedagogical principles to the design and development of AI-powered learning systems.
- What kind of learning experiences will I be helping to build at OpenAI?
- You will be instrumental in building AI-native learning experiences, including dynamic educational content, progress tracking systems, adaptive feedback mechanisms, formative assessments, and analytics to measure learning effectiveness for a wide range of users.
- How does OpenAI approach AI safety and ethics in its products?
- OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring AI benefits humanity. They prioritize safety and human needs at the core of AI development and deployment, valuing diverse perspectives to achieve their mission.