About the job
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.
Responsibilities
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
Qualifications
Minimum
Demonstrated exceptional mathematical or algorithmic problem-solving ability
Strong ability to reason about complex technical or mathematical systems
Comfort with linear algebra, probability, statistics, and optimization
Evidence of rapid independent learning and technical creativity
Ability to obtain and maintain authorization to work in the United States by the program start date. Candidates who cannot secure appropriate work authorization by the start date may not be eligible for this cohort.
Preferred
High-level results in Olympiads, Putnam, ICPC, or similar competitions
Top or novel performance in an OpenAI-hosted Challenge or similar
Research in mathematics, algorithms, theoretical computer science, physics, or machine learning
Independent projects exploring machine learning systems, algorithms, or AI research