Model Designer

Model Designer shaping AI interactions at OpenAI. Collaborate with teams to enhance user experience and model functionality.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $266,000 - $295,000 per yearWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate closely with researchers to understand, predict, and design model behavior.
Partner with product managers and designers across the company to ensure a cohesive voice and approach.
Proactively identify ways to improve our models based on product sense, user feedback, quantitative insights, and the research roadmap.
Come up with creative strategies for collecting high-quality data.
Do whatever needs to be done to make our models better.

What you’ll need

Possess exceptional taste, creativity, and writing skills, allowing you to craft responses that delight users.
Don’t mind ambiguity — you’re happy to throw yourself into a new, unfamiliar environment, build relationships, define a problem, and make progress.
Love experimentation, and are willing to test and reject new ideas when the results don’t pan out.
Exhibit high levels of empathy and self-awareness required to serve everyone in the world.
Enjoy tackling profound and often philosophical questions while always driving towards clarity.
Demonstrate technical intuition to learn how changes in data can affect overall model behavior.

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

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Soft Skills

creativitywriting skillsempathyself-awarenessproblem definitionrelationship buildingexperimentationadaptabilityclaritytechnical intuition