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San Francisco, California, United States. Jobs in San Francisco

As of November 12, 2026, OpenAI has 764 open roles in 19 cities.

Headquartered in San Francisco, hiring in 19 cities
764Open roles
38Posted in the last 7 days
$262kAverage listed base pay
$850kHighest listed base pay

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company. It builds AI models and products including ChatGPT, the GPT model family, DALL-E image generation, and developer APIs.

Founded in 2015 by Andrej Karpathy, Durk Kingma, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, Sam Altman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung and Wojciech Zaremba.

Founded
2015
Employees
251 to 500
Total funding
$11.3B
Headquarters
San Francisco
Hiring in
19 cities

Leadership

The top of OpenAI's org chart, with how many people report into each leader.

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Sam Altman

CEO & Co-Founder

917 reports

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Fidji Simo

CEO, AGI Deployment

153 reports

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Arvind KC

Chief People Officer

134 reports

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Oliver J.

Managing Director

131 reports

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Mark Chen

Chief Research Officer

94 reports

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Sarah Friar

Chief Financial Officer

87 reports

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Brad Lightcap

COO

87 reports

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Giancarlo Lionetti

Chief Commercial Officer (cco)

86 reports

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Patricia Edison

Senior Director of Product Management

56 reports

Board

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Bret Taylor

Chairman Of The Board

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Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi

Board Member

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Adam D'Angelo

Board Member

Open roles at OpenAI 764

OpenAI jobs: common questions

Is OpenAI hiring right now?
Yes. OpenAI has 764 open roles listed as of November 12, 2026.
Where is OpenAI hiring?
OpenAI is hiring in 19 cities. The most open roles are in San Francisco (511), Singapore (37) and New York City (29).
How much does OpenAI pay?
Across open roles that list pay, the average advertised base salary at OpenAI is $262k a year, and the highest is $850k.
Where is OpenAI headquartered?
OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States and was founded in 2015.
Who leads OpenAI?
Sam Altman, CEO & Co-Founder, is at the top of OpenAI's org chart.
How do I apply for a job at OpenAI?
Pick a role on OpenAI's TheJobsMap page and select Apply. Every listing links to the original posting on OpenAI's own careers site, so you apply directly with the employer.