OpenAI
Quantitative Intelligence Analyst
San Francisco · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
PythonSQLStatisticsForecastingLoad TestingResearch
About the role
- As a Quantitative Intelligence Analyst, you will focus on discovering novel and emerging risks in complex human-AI systems before they are well-defined, measurable, or widely understood.
- You will use deep subject matter expertise and quantitative tooling to surface weak, early, and unconventional risk signals.
- Your analyses will directly inform strategic risk prioritization and planning across the company, with regular visibility through strategic risk products.
Responsibilities
- Develop upstream early-warning and signal frameworks that inform downstream detection and mitigation efforts
- Produce clear data-driven briefs to support risk prioritization, contingency planning, and strategic risk products across teams
Requirements
- Have 3+ years of experience in quantitative intelligence analysis, trust & safety, security analysis, or risk-focused research
Nice to have
- Experience with quantitative stress testing or Monte Carlo simulations to assess uncertainty and tail risk
- We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.
- For additional information, please see OpenAI's Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf.
- return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment
- In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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- Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Benefits
- Design adversarial scenarios, and quantitative stress tests to assess exposure, coverage gaps, and vulnerabilities
- Familiarity with data mining, statistical modeling, and supervised learning methods
Company info
- The Intelligence and Investigations team seeks to rapidly identify and mitigate abuse and strategic risks to ensure a safe online ecosystem.
- We are dedicated to identifying emerging abuse trends, analyzing risks, and working with our internal and external partners to implement effective mitigation strategies to protect against misuse.
- Our efforts contribute to OpenAI's overarching goal of developing AI that benefits humanity.
- The Strategic Intelligence & Analysis (SIA) team provides safety intelligence for OpenAI's products by monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting real-world abuse, geopolitical risks, and strategic threats.
- Our work informs safety mitigations, product decisions, and partnerships, ensuring OpenAI's tools are deployed securely and responsibly across critical sectors.
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