Data Scientist, API
Core
Build measurement systems, define metrics, and translate data into product decisions to improve reliability and developer outcomes at scale for OpenAI's API platform.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (product analytics & experimentation)
Builds
API platform for developers to integrate frontier AI models
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Developer Platforms
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Statistics, causal inference, experimentation design, observational studies, SQL, Python
Preferred skills
Platform or developer-facing experience, instrumentation design, data quality improvement
Technologies
SQL, Python
Responsibilities
Own the core KPI framework for developer adoption, engagement, retention, and platform health; Build end-to-end funnels to identify developer friction; Define and operationalize platform guardrails (reliability, latency, error rates, cost/efficiency); Design and evaluate experiments to quantify impact of platform changes; Partner with teams to improve instrumentation and data quality; Develop dashboards and self-serve data products; Establish data science standards for measuring AI platform performance.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC