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At a glance
OpenAI is hiring a Certification Architect in San Francisco, CA. It is a full-time hybrid role in Software & IT, asking for at least 10 years of experience. The advertised pay is $266,000–$295,000 a year. OpenAI has 149 other openings in the US, 125 of them in San Francisco, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 682 Software & IT openings in San Francisco, CA today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $233,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
OpenAI advertises $266,000 to $295,000 a year, a midpoint of $280,500 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is higher than about 85% of the 1,245 software & IT jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $214,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
Before you apply
- Hybrid. Based in San Francisco, CA. Ask how many days a week you would be expected in the office.
- Experience. The advert asks for at least 10 years.
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About hiring at OpenAI
OpenAI has 150 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 3 states. Most are in software & IT (47), data & AI (26) and sales & BD (18). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (126), New York, NY (39) and Seattle, WA (7). 7% of them are remote, none is marked entry level and 97% show pay. We collect OpenAI's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Ashby), never from job boards or agencies.
From OpenAI's advert
As Certification Architect, you will define the framework, standards, and assessment architecture that make OpenAI certifications a trusted signal of demonstrated capability.
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