# Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Washington, DC
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $211K to $302K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/be7b1bf5-37ab-40f7-9ec1-e9732244f12a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-applied-ai-engineer-cyber-government/

## About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Applied AI Engineer with deep cybersecurity experience and a product mindset to help government and national security customers apply frontier AI to critical cyber missions. You will bring practical expertise in areas such as red teaming, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, threat hunting, and similar fields , ideally developed through work with the defense and intelligence sector.

Tags: OpenAI for Gov