Protection Scientist Engineer
@ OpenAI

Utica-Rome Area
$150,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 23 hours ago

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About The Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Intelligence and Investigations team identifies and investigates misuses of products to support data-backed product policies and scaled safety mitigations.

About The Role

Protection Scientist Engineer is an interdisciplinary role mixing data science, machine learning, investigation, and policy development. In this role, you will design and build systems to proactively identify and enforce against abuse of OpenAI’s products. Responsibilities include implementing abuse monitoring for new and existing products, prototyping defense systems for high-risk harms, and investigating escalations that bypass existing safety systems. You will work closely with product, policy, operations, and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Scope and implement abuse monitoring for new product launches.
  • Improve processes to sustain monitoring operations.
  • Prototype and mature production systems for abuse detection and enforcement.
  • Collaborate with Product, Policy, Ops, and Engineering teams.
  • Participate in on-call rotation to manage urgent escalations.

What You Bring

  • At least 4 years of experience with technical analysis and detection using SQL and Python.
  • Experience in trust and safety or working with policy, enforcement, and engineering teams.
  • Familiarity with data engineering, production data pipelines, and machine learning principles.
  • Basic software development skills and experience with automation and scaling processes.
  • Ability to work with sensitive content under high-pressure scenarios.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity, pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities while emphasizing safety and ethical deployment. We value diverse perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.

Key skills/competency

  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Investigation
  • Abuse Monitoring
  • Automation
  • Policy Development
  • Data Engineering
  • Safety Enforcement

How to Get Hired at OpenAI

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight SQL, Python, and ML skills.
  • Showcase project experience: Detail abuse detection and automation projects.
  • Research OpenAI: Understand their mission and values thoroughly.
  • Prepare for interviews: Practice technical and situational questions.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review SQL query optimization techniques.
Practice Python coding challenges.
Study machine learning algorithms basics.
Understand data pipeline construction.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a high-pressure incident resolution.
Explain cross-team collaboration experience.
Discuss handling of sensitive content.
Share examples of process improvement.

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