Research Scientist / Research Engineer — Early Career Cohort

Job description

About the Program OpenAI is hiring a small cohort of exceptional early-career researchers and engineers to join OpenAI Research. This opportunity is designed primarily for current undergraduate students and recent graduates who have demonstrated technical ability through elite competitions and challenges. Participants join OpenAI directly as full-time Research Scientists / Research Engineers and begin with an intensive one-month research bootcamp designed to immerse them in the core problems behind modern AI systems. Many of the strongest researchers at OpenAI first distinguished themselves through mathematics or programming competitions , and we believe exceptional reasoning ability is one of the strongest predictors of success in frontier AI research. During the bootcamp participants will: Learn OpenAI’s research infrastructure and tools Work with a mentor and get direct experience building here Meet with researchers across multiple OpenAI teams and explore potential research directions Work on technically demanding research challenges After the bootcamp, participants enter a structured team-matching process before joining a permanent research team. If you enjoy solving very diff...