Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering

Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering - USA

OpenAI is seeking a senior-level Technical Threat Investigator for their Threat Intelligence Engineering team in the USA. This is an engineering role requiring a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in threat intelligence, incident response, offensive security, or a closely related field. Salary is market competitive.

Role and 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, identify, and disrupt malicious activity.
• Leverage internal telemetry, OSINT, vendor data, and in-house safety systems to produce high-confidence findings on adversarial use.
• Translate investigative findings into concrete improvements across detection, enforcement, intel, and safety pipelines.
• Build tooling, scripts, automations, and agentic workflows that scale investigative throughput and reduce manual effort.
• Prototype solutions in ambiguous and emerging problem spaces, including new product surfaces and novel attacker behaviors.
• Partner with Security, Safety Systems, Product Policy, and Integrity teams to operationalize findings.
• Produce clear, high-signal written outputs and recommendations for technical and executive stakeholders.

Candidate Qualifications

To thrive as a Technical Threat Investigator, candidates should have solid experience investigating sophisticated threat actors such as those involved in model misuse or platform abuse. Applicants need a strong understanding of adversary tradecraft, the ability to independently drive deep technical investigations from ambiguous signals, and experience using AI to accelerate workflows. Strong scripting ability for lightweight automation, proficiency in leveraging diverse telemetry data, and effective communication skills are essential.

Please visit the official OpenAI careers page to review full application details and submit your application.