Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering

Responsibilities

• ▹Conduct deep, end-to-end investigations into sophisticated threat actors interacting with OpenAI's models, products, and broader ecosystem
• ▹Model attacker behavior, anticipate misuse patterns, and proactively hunt for and disrupt malicious activity
• ▹Use internal telemetry, OSINT, vendor data, and in-house safety systems to produce high-confidence findings
• ▹Translate investigative findings into concrete improvements across detection, enforcement, intel, and safety pipelines
• ▹Build tooling, scripts, automations, and agentic workflows that scale investigative throughput
• ▹Partner closely with Security, Safety Systems, Product Policy, and Integrity teams to operationalize findings
• ▹Produce clear, high-signal written reports and recommendations for technical and executive stakeholders

Requirements

• ▹Experience in threat intelligence, incident response, offensive security, or a closely related field
• ▹Solid experience investigating sophisticated threat actors, including model misuse or platform abuse
• ▹Strong understanding of adversary behavior, infrastructure, and tradecraft
• ▹Demonstrated ability to independently drive deep technical investigations from ambiguous signals to clear findings
• ▹Experience using AI to extend or accelerate investigative workflows
• ▹Strong scripting ability and comfort building lightweight automation or investigative tooling
• ▹Strong ability to leverage telemetry from diverse systems and vendors, including querying and stitching together data

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Relocation assistance available for candidates relocating to San Francisco

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company continually pushes the boundaries of AI capabilities and works to safely deploy them to the world through its products, while placing safety and human needs at the core of its work and striving to reflect the full spectrum of human perspectives and experience.