OpenAI
Data Scientist, Safety
Found: May 17, 2026
This role is based in London, UK.
About the Role:
As a Data Scientist, Safety, you will help solve complex and ambiguous problems where rigorous analysis directly informs critical decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Measure harmful or abusive behavior across OpenAI’s products
- Detect fraud, manipulation, coordinated misuse
- Evaluate and improve safety classifiers and mitigation systems
- Design experiments and causal analyses
- Build prevalence estimators and monitoring systems
- Translate ambiguous safety risks into measurable problems
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Policy, Research, and Operations teams
Ideal Candidate:
- Strong statistical reasoning and analytical judgment
- Experience with experimentation and causal inference
- Proficient in SQL and Python
- Ability to work with messy datasets
- Excellent communication skills