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Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government

About the teamThe mission of the Applied AI Engineering team is to enable the secure and impactful implementation of GenAI solutions. We serve as technical thought partners and trusted advisors to our clients, ideating high-value use cases

Company

OpenAI

Location

Washington, DC

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-01T21:15:47.771+00:00

OpenAI's Applied AI Engineering team is hiring an engineer to help US government and national security cyber teams apply frontier models to mission work. The role involves on-site work with cyber operators: technical discovery, prototyping secure tools and agentic workflows using OpenAI models and APIs, running evaluations, and handing solutions to operations. It asks for an active TS/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph, 7+ years in cybersecurity or cyber operations, coding in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go, and frequent on-site work in the DMV area.