About The Program OpenAI is hiring a small cohort of exceptional early-career researchers and engineers to join OpenAI Research.
This opportunity is designed primarily for current undergraduate students and recent graduates who have demonstrated technical ability through elite competitions and challenges. Participants join OpenAI directly as full-time Research Scientists / Research Engineers and begin with an intensive one-month research bootcamp designed to immerse them in the core problems behind modern AI systems.
Many of the strongest researchers at OpenAI first distinguished themselves through mathematics or programming competitions , and we believe exceptional reasoning ability is one of the strongest predictors of success in frontier AI research.
During The Bootcamp Participants Will
After the bootcamp, participants enter a structured team-matching process before joining a permanent research team.
If you enjoy solving very difficult problems and want to work on the frontier of AI, we encourage you to apply.
About The Role You will join OpenAI as a full-time Research Scientist / Research Engineer based in San Francisco, CA .
The first month consists of a structured research bootcamp where participants work closely with researchers across the organization before selecting a permanent research team.
This role follows a hybrid, in-person collaboration schedule in San Francisco . Relocation assistance may be available.
Who We’re Looking For This role is designed for early-career individuals , especially current undergraduate students and recent graduates.
Strong candidates often demonstrate this through technical competitions, research, or ambitious independent projects .
You Might Be
If you’ve done well in competitions such as the IMO, EGMO, IOI, Putnam, ICPC, or similar contests, we strongly encourage you to apply.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications Candidates often demonstrate this ability through:
Application and Interview Process Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The cohort is expected to start on June 3, 2026 .
About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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