Software Engineer Defensive Security Agent Engineering
Software Engineer Defensive Security Agent Engineering
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USD 255000 - 325000
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About OpenAI
OpenAIs mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. Our teams are dedicated to advancing the state of AI while maintaining the highest standards of safety security and integrity in every aspect of our work.
About the Team
The Defensive Security Agent Engineering team plays a critical role in safeguarding OpenAIs infrastructure systems and operations. Our work is deeply interconnected with OpenAIs advancements in AI leveraging stateoftheart technologies to address security challenges in innovative ways. We are a highly technical and innovative group that works on engineering secure systems processing largescale data and integrating cuttingedge technologies into practical applications. By building and maintaining robust backend systems we aim to enhance OpenAIs ability to anticipate detect and mitigate security risks in a rapidly evolving landscape.
This role may be based in San Francisco CA or New York NY. We operate in a hybrid work model with three days per week in the office. Relocation assistance is available for new employees.
About the Role
We are seeking a Software Engineer to help build scalable autonomous security solutions that protect OpenAIs systems and data. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with AIdriven technologies integrating them into our security infrastructure to enhance operational effectiveness. This role emphasizes backend and data engineering with an ideal candidate bringing experience in security or a strong willingness to engage with securityfocused challenges. Working closely with crossfunctional teams you will design develop and maintain critical systems that bolster our security capabilities and reinforce our operational resilience.
In this role you will:
Develop deploy and maintain backend systems and infrastructure to support security and data initiatives.
Build scalable data pipelines and frameworks for processing large volumes of information securely and efficiently.
Design and implement systems that integrate cuttingedge technologies to enhance operational and security outcomes.
Collaborate with internal teams to align engineering efforts with organizational security goals.
Troubleshoot and optimize existing systems to improve performance reliability and security.
Stay informed about emerging technologies and methodologies to help OpenAI maintain a proactive security posture.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
Proven experience in backend and data engineering including designing and deploying largescale systems.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python Go or similar.
Familiarity with distributed systems cloud infrastructure and scalable data frameworks.
Experience or strong interest in securityrelated practices such as secure coding threat modeling or detection systems.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and fastpaced environment.
Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that generalpurpose 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 do not discriminate on the basis of race religion national origin gender sexual orientation age veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.
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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.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
