OpenAI
AI Research and Deployment
SoftwareEngineer,CyberFrontier
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“Software Engineer, Cyber Frontier at OpenAI. Skills: AI systems, Security products, Model training, Cyber evaluations. Define and execute technical roadmap for security products. Build AI systems and products for cyber threats”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages, Experience in ML systems, Experience in security products, Experience in cyber evaluations, Experience in model training, Experience in safety engineering, Experience in trusted customer deployments
Nice to Have
Experience in 0 -> 1 environments, Ability to navigate ambiguity, Ability to build security products, Ability to move fluidly between product launches, customer and defender partnerships, model training, evaluation science, and security research, Judgment to build reliable systems in ambiguous, high-stakes domains, Clear thinking about cyber capability, misuse risk, access patterns, safeguards, and deployment tradeoffs in high-stakes environments
What You'll Do.
Define and execute technical roadmap for security products
Build AI systems and products for cyber threats
Improve safety and reliability of frontier models
Work across product engineering
Make advanced cyber capabilities useful to defenders
Responsibly manage advanced cyber capabilities
Shape model training and access patterns
Build and validate systems for measuring cyber capabilities
Prove safeguards work in practice
Translate frontier cyber research into launch-ready tools
Develop operational playbooks
Build durable infrastructure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Safety/Preparedness; Collaborate with Research; Collaborate with Security; Collaborate with Legal; Collaborate with Communications; Collaborate with Go-to-Market; Collaborate with external partners; Work with trusted defenders; Work with customers; Work with partner teams
Full Job Description
About the Team Our Cyber team builds AI systems and products that help trusted defenders understand and respond to cyber threats while improving the safety and reliability of frontier models in security-sensitive settings. The team works across product engineering, model training, evaluations, safeguards, and deployment to make advanced cyber capabilities useful to defenders and responsibly managed. We collaborate closely with Safety/Preparedness, Research, Security, Legal, Communications, GTM, and external partners across OpenAI’s broader cyber work. About the Role We’re looking for research and software engineers to join Codex Cyber. You’ll help define and ship security products, work with trusted defenders and customers, shape model training and access patterns, and build research and evaluation systems for assessing cyber capabilities, validating safeguards, and improving training data. This role is hands-on and cross-functional, connecting product launches, model development, safety work, and real-world security use cases. In this role, you will: - Help define and execute the technical roadmap for Codex Cyber’s security products, including evaluations, safeguards, trusted-defender workflows, and deployment decisions. - Work with trusted defenders, customers, and partner teams to understand cyber use cases, evaluate risk, and turn feedback into product and research priorities. - Shape cyber-specific model training and access patterns, including data, evaluations, validation, and deployment criteria. - Build and validate systems for measuring cyber capabilities, monitoring misuse risk, and proving safeguards work in practice. - Collaborate with Safety/Preparedness, Research, Security, Legal, Communications, Go-to-Market, and external partners on company-wide cyber priorities. - Translate frontier cyber research into launch-ready tools, operational playbooks, and durable infrastructure for Codex and security products. You might thrive in this role if you: - Enjoy
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