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Senior Data Engineer, Core Experimentation

Seattle💼 Full-time💰 $293,000–$293,000🗓 2026-05-14 → 2026-10-07

Core

Designing and managing data pipelines and canonical datasets to power product metrics, safety systems, and business decisions for frontier AI products. (via careerplan.io/jobs/2796d32a-9f7c-4008-a2c5-50dd53b0f2fe-senior-data-engineer-core-experimentation-at-openai)

Role type

Senior Data Engineer (Experimentation Platform)

Builds

Data pipelines, canonical datasets, and fault-tolerant ingestion systems for OpenAI's experimentation platform.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Data Infrastructure / Experimentation

Required skills

Python, Scala, or Java; Distributed processing (Hadoop, Flink, HDFS, S3); ETL schedulers (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect); Spark development and optimization; Data architecture design.

Preferred skills

Experience collaborating with researchers and product teams; Knowledge of causal inference and statistical rigor.

Responsibilities

Design and build data pipelines for user event integration; Develop canonical datasets for tracking user growth, engagement, and revenue; Implement robust systems for data ingestion and processing; Participate in data architecture decisions; Ensure data security, integrity, and compliance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC