OpenAI

Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied Engineering

OpenAI • $130K — $180K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in production machine learning systems
  • Experience with vector databases and search indices
  • Background in building internet-scale search systems
  • Problem ownership with a dedication to learning
  • Ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on retrieval & search algorithms with research team
  • Deploy search methodologies to production for user access
  • Explore innovative research topics to guide product strategy
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance features
  • Drive advancements in document and enterprise search

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact millions of end users
  • Work at the cutting edge of AI and machine learning
  • Collaborative environment with access to experts in the field
  • Support for continuous learning and professional growth
  • Engagement in a fast-paced, dynamic work culture
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Research Engineer to work on retrieval & search problems across our API and ChatGPT. As the AI landscape has evolved over the last few years, retrieval & search have emerged as key use cases for our models, and we are investing in ensuring that we can offer these search-based product experiences for our users. You will be at the center of our retrieval & search efforts as a company, and the progress you drive here will reach millions of end users.

In this role, you will:
  • Work on retrieval & search algorithms and methodologies in close collaboration with our research team, including problems in such domains as document search, enterprise search, knowledge retrieval, and web-scale search.
  • Deploy these search methodologies into production in both the API and ChatGPT to be used by millions of end users.
  • Explore novel research topics in retrieval & search that may inform our product strategy in the medium and long term.
  • Partner with researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers to bring new features and research capabilities to the world

You might thrive in this role if you:
  • Have extensive prior experience building and maintaining production machine learning systems.
  • Have prior experience working with vector databases, search indices, or other data stores for search and retrieval use cases
  • Have prior experience building and iterating on internet-scale search systems
  • Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done
  • Have the ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines


About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2015
* Ladders Estimates

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