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openai.com · 806 open roles · 53 new this week
+50 ▼new roles, 7d
+236new roles, 30d
#3 =heat rank
376open 60+ days

Hiring timeline (26 weeks)

Week of 2026-04-20: 10 openedWeek of 2026-04-27: 7 openedApr 27Week of 2026-05-04: 11 openedWeek of 2026-05-11: 11 openedWeek of 2026-05-18: 8 openedWeek of 2026-05-25: 8 openedMay 25Week of 2026-06-01: 14 openedWeek of 2026-06-08: 9 openedWeek of 2026-06-15: 10 openedWeek of 2026-06-22: 24 openedJun 22Week of 2026-06-29: 1 openedWeek of 2026-07-06: 16 openedWeek of 2026-07-13: 13 openedWeek of 2026-07-20: 20 openedJul 20Week of 2026-07-27: 14 openedWeek of 2026-08-03: 36 openedWeek of 2026-08-10: 28 openedWeek of 2026-08-17: 30 openedAug 17Week of 2026-08-24: 30 openedWeek of 2026-08-31: 60 openedWeek of 2026-09-07: 41 openedWeek of 2026-09-14: 50 openedSep 14Week of 2026-09-21: 70 openedWeek of 2026-09-28: 52 openedWeek of 2026-10-05: 51 openedWeek of 2026-10-12: 49 openedWeek of 2026-10-12: 3 closedOct 12peak 70 roles/wk
Opened (by posting date) Closed (tracked since 2026-10-16)

Salary bands

ML engineer
$256K–$383K med $308K · n=27
Research scientist
$398K–$440K med $440K · n=31
Chip / ASIC design
$336K–$386K med $356K · n=9
Inference / GPU engineer
$356K–$383K med $373K · n=12
Robotics engineer
$260K–$370K med $281K · n=16
Forward deployed engineer
$242K–$255K med $242K · n=16
Data scientist
$308K–$404K med $352K · n=18

Bars show p25–p75 of posted US base pay; the tick is the median.

All roles: p25–p75 $251K–$365K, median $308K (632 postings).

Top functions

Engineering472Sales & GTM132Product68Operations53Risk & compliance36Other30Design15

Top locations

San Francisco 575New York 88Seattle 86Singapore 38Washington, DC 34London 33

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