OpenAI· Applied AI Engineering· San Francisco
TLM, Machine Learning, Integrity
Comp$347K – $490K
Classified Tasks (26)
Automate 0%Augment 77%Human-Only 23%
Augment (20)
AI assists, human decides
Safeguard the platform by proactively identifying misuse
operational
Prevent abuse of the platform
operational
Protect users from harmful content and misuse
operational
Support scalable infrastructure for product deployment
technical
Drive safe, responsible deployment of products and features
leadership
Ensure responsible usage of APIs and maintain platform integrity
operational
Launch products and features that deliver applied AI capabilities
operational
Architect advanced system protections
technical
Build next-generation system protections
technical
Design system components and solutions for integrity and safety
technical
Train machine learning models for detection and mitigation of misuse
technical
Fine-tune and distill models as part of model development workflows
technical
Develop and implement deployment strategies for models and protections
technical
Deploy models and protection systems to production environments
operational
Collaborate closely with Research, Safety, Product, and Policy teams to leverage existing tools
communication
Drive cutting-edge advancements in integrity protections through cross-team collaboration
leadership
Use state-of-the-art models to detect and prevent problematic content
technical
Establish robust evaluation frameworks and metrics for safety systems
analytical
Measure progress against metrics and identify areas for improvement
analytical
Actively design solutions, train models, and guide deployment processes alongside the team
technical
Human-Only (6)
Requires human judgment
Bring OpenAI's technology to the world safely
leadership
Shape the future direction of web safety systems
leadership
Lead and manage a small, senior team of Machine Learning Engineers
leadership
Provide clear direction and autonomy to team members
leadership
Mentor team members and support their professional growth
leadership
Maintain high team performance through mentorship and career progression planning
leadership
Job description
TLM, Machine Learning, Integrity | OpenAI Careers ## TLM, Machine Learning, Integrity Applied AI Engineering - San Francisco Apply now(opens in a new window) ### **About the team** The Applied team safely brings OpenAI's technology to the world. Our team launched ChatGPT, Advanced Voice Mode, Deep Research, and many other products, supporting scalable infrastructure and driving safe, responsible deployment. Our customers rely on our APIs to build transformative products, while we ensure responsible usage and platform integrity. The Integrity team, within Applied Engineering, safeguards our platform by proactively identifying misuse, preventing abuse, and protecting users. We're seeking an experienced, hands-on Engineering Manager (Web Safety) to shape the future direction, architect advanced system protections, and lead a focused team of senior Machine Learning Engineers (MLEs). ### **In this role, you will:** * Architect and build next-generation system protections, directly contributing through hands-on design, model training, and deployment strategies. * Lead and manage a small, senior team of Machine Learning Engineers, empowering them with clear direction and autonomy. * Collaborate closely with Research, Safety, Product, and Policy teams to leverage existing tools and drive cutting-edge advancements. * Utilize state-of-the-art models to detect and prevent problematic content effectively. * Establish robust evaluation frameworks and metrics, clearly measuring progress and identifying areas for improvement. * Support your team's professional growth and maintain high performance through mentorship and clear career progression. ### **You might thrive in this role if you:** * Bring extensive hands-on experience managing machine learning teams, ideally in web safety, content integrity, or related domains. * Have successfully trained, fine-tuned, or distilled LLMs and traditional ML models to solve real-world business problems. * Enjoy being deeply involved technically—actively designing solutions, training models, and guiding deployment processes alongside your team. * Excel at collaborating across teams to integrate existing tools and thoughtfully architect new solutions. * Possess strong emotional intelligence, empathy, and the ability to effectively connect with colleagues. * Embrace ambiguity and rapidly changing circumstances as opportunities to create clarity, structure, and impactful solutions. **About OpenAI** OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose 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 we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawa