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Founding Engineer roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. Australian engineers building U.S. startups from the ground up can use the E-3's no-lottery, indefinitely renewable structure to stay as long as the role does.
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OpenAI’s Pricing team sits at the center of product, go-to-market, finance, and strategy. We define how OpenAI packages, prices, and scales access to our products across consumer, SMB, and enterprise customers, turning deeply technical product usage and market signal into company-level decisions. We’re looking for a senior Data Scientist to be the first dedicated data science hire on the Pricing team. This is a rare zero-to-one role with direct exposure to OpenAI’s CFO, Head of Pricing, and senior leaders across Product and GTM. You will help build the analytical foundation for pricing at OpenAI, shape executive decisions, and define what excellent pricing data science looks like.
About The Role
As a founding Data Scientist for Pricing, you will design the analyses, models, experiments, and decision frameworks that guide pricing strategy across OpenAI’s business. You’ll work side-by-side with the CFO, Head of Pricing, and senior leaders across Product and GTM on ambiguous, high-leverage questions where simple reporting is not enough, translating customer behavior, product usage, revenue outcomes, and market dynamics into clear recommendations. This role combines hands-on technical depth with executive-ready storytelling. You should be excited to build from first principles, operate with high independence, and influence decisions that shape how OpenAI grows and serves customers around the world.
In This Role, You Will
- Serve as a senior analytical partner to the CFO, Head of Pricing, Product, and GTM leaders on pricing and monetization decisions.
- Build the analytical foundation for pricing across consumer, SMB, and enterprise segments, from exploratory analysis to repeatable decision systems.
- Design and execute analyses that connect customer behavior, product usage, conversion, retention, revenue outcomes, and pricing strategy.
- Develop models, algorithms, experiments, and decision frameworks for complex pricing, packaging, discounting, and willingness-to-pay questions.
- Translate technical work into crisp executive recommendations and practical operating guidance for cross-functional teams.
- Identify where a dedicated pricing data science function can create repeatable leverage, helping define the roadmap, standards, and future operating model for the team.
You Might Thrive in This Role If You
- Have deep experience using casual inference and other statistical techniques to solve pricing, monetization, packaging, or business strategy problems.
- Are energized by ambiguous, zero-to-one work with senior leadership visibility and a chance to write the playbook.
- Can move fluidly between hands-on analysis, model-building, experimentation, and strategic decision support.
- Have built or influenced sophisticated pricing systems in complex, high-scale environments.
- Communicate clearly with executive, business, product, and technical leaders, including when the answer is nuanced or uncertain.
- Are excited by a founding role where your work can shape company-level strategy and the future of pricing at OpenAI.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in data science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong technical ability in analysis, modeling, experimentation, causal inference, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience working on pricing, monetization, marketplace dynamics, usage-based pricing, dynamic pricing, packaging, or adjacent high-complexity business problems.
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, define analytical direction from scratch, and bring senior stakeholders along through clear tradeoff framing.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence executive-level audiences and cross-functional operating teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior pricing experience across consumer, SMB, enterprise, marketplace, platform, or AI/API businesses.
- Experience building novel pricing models, systems, experimentation programs, or decision frameworks.
- PhD preferred; a master’s degree or equivalent practical experience can also be a strong fit.
- Experience helping establish a new data science function, operating model, technical roadmap, or executive decision cadence.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates.
For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Compensation Range: $340K - $380K
About The Team
OpenAI’s Pricing team sits at the center of product, go-to-market, finance, and strategy. We define how OpenAI packages, prices, and scales access to our products across consumer, SMB, and enterprise customers, turning deeply technical product usage and market signal into company-level decisions. We’re looking for a senior Data Scientist to be the first dedicated data science hire on the Pricing team. This is a rare zero-to-one role with direct exposure to OpenAI’s CFO, Head of Pricing, and senior leaders across Product and GTM. You will help build the analytical foundation for pricing at OpenAI, shape executive decisions, and define what excellent pricing data science looks like.
About The Role
As a founding Data Scientist for Pricing, you will design the analyses, models, experiments, and decision frameworks that guide pricing strategy across OpenAI’s business. You’ll work side-by-side with the CFO, Head of Pricing, and senior leaders across Product and GTM on ambiguous, high-leverage questions where simple reporting is not enough, translating customer behavior, product usage, revenue outcomes, and market dynamics into clear recommendations. This role combines hands-on technical depth with executive-ready storytelling. You should be excited to build from first principles, operate with high independence, and influence decisions that shape how OpenAI grows and serves customers around the world.
In This Role, You Will
- Serve as a senior analytical partner to the CFO, Head of Pricing, Product, and GTM leaders on pricing and monetization decisions.
- Build the analytical foundation for pricing across consumer, SMB, and enterprise segments, from exploratory analysis to repeatable decision systems.
- Design and execute analyses that connect customer behavior, product usage, conversion, retention, revenue outcomes, and pricing strategy.
- Develop models, algorithms, experiments, and decision frameworks for complex pricing, packaging, discounting, and willingness-to-pay questions.
- Translate technical work into crisp executive recommendations and practical operating guidance for cross-functional teams.
- Identify where a dedicated pricing data science function can create repeatable leverage, helping define the roadmap, standards, and future operating model for the team.
You Might Thrive in This Role If You
- Have deep experience using casual inference and other statistical techniques to solve pricing, monetization, packaging, or business strategy problems.
- Are energized by ambiguous, zero-to-one work with senior leadership visibility and a chance to write the playbook.
- Can move fluidly between hands-on analysis, model-building, experimentation, and strategic decision support.
- Have built or influenced sophisticated pricing systems in complex, high-scale environments.
- Communicate clearly with executive, business, product, and technical leaders, including when the answer is nuanced or uncertain.
- Are excited by a founding role where your work can shape company-level strategy and the future of pricing at OpenAI.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in data science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong technical ability in analysis, modeling, experimentation, causal inference, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience working on pricing, monetization, marketplace dynamics, usage-based pricing, dynamic pricing, packaging, or adjacent high-complexity business problems.
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, define analytical direction from scratch, and bring senior stakeholders along through clear tradeoff framing.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence executive-level audiences and cross-functional operating teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior pricing experience across consumer, SMB, enterprise, marketplace, platform, or AI/API businesses.
- Experience building novel pricing models, systems, experimentation programs, or decision frameworks.
- PhD preferred; a master’s degree or equivalent practical experience can also be a strong fit.
- Experience helping establish a new data science function, operating model, technical roadmap, or executive decision cadence.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates.
For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Compensation Range: $340K - $380K
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Align your degree to the role title
U.S. consular officers assess whether your Australian degree field directly matches the Founding Engineer position. A three-year Australian bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, but your transcript should name a qualifying engineering or computing discipline.
Target pre-Series B startups actively hiring
Founding Engineer roles exist almost exclusively at early-stage companies. Search for startups that have recently closed seed or Series A rounds, because those employers are actively building technical teams and are more likely to engage with E-3 visa sponsorship conversations from the start.
Raise E-3 before the offer stage
Bring up E-3 sponsorship during the technical interview, not after the offer. Founders unfamiliar with immigration assume sponsorship means H-1B visa costs and lottery risk. Explaining that the E-3 has no lottery and requires only an LCA from the DOL changes the conversation entirely.
Secure a certified LCA before your consulate appointment
Your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL and receive certification before you can attend your visa interview. DOL typically certifies LCAs within seven business days. Don't book your consulate appointment until the certified LCA is in hand.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for early-stage employers
Founding roles often mean your employer has no HR or legal infrastructure for immigration. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to manage the LCA, visa paperwork, and consulate preparation so the hiring process doesn't stall on administrative complexity.
Confirm the role qualifies as a specialty occupation
The E-3 requires that the position normally demands a bachelor's degree in a specific field. For Founding Engineer roles, document the technical scope of the job in writing. Broad or vague job descriptions that don't specify required engineering qualifications can create problems at the consulate.
E-3 Visa Founding Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Founding Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles that include E-3 visa sponsorship. Rather than filtering through general job listings where sponsorship status is unclear, Migrate Mate surfaces Founding Engineer opportunities from employers already familiar with or open to the E-3 visa process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Founding Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific technical field such as computer science, software engineering, or electrical engineering. The key is that the degree requirement must be tied to the actual duties of the role. A job description that accepts any degree or treats the degree as preferred rather than required can fail the specialty occupation test at the consulate.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for a Founding Engineer joining a startup?
The E-3 has no annual cap and no lottery, so you can apply any time of year and start work as soon as your visa is issued. The H-1B requires winning a lottery slot with roughly one-in-four odds and a cap start date of October 1. For a startup that needs you to start in weeks rather than months, the E-3 is structurally the better fit for an Australian engineer.
Can I switch to a different employer on an E-3 if the startup I joined pivots or closes?
You can change employers on the E-3, but you must start the process fresh with the new company. The new employer files a new LCA with the DOL and you'll typically need to attend another consulate appointment for a new E-3 visa stamp. There is no H-1B-style portability that lets you transfer status while the new petition is pending, so plan for a gap between roles if you're based in the U.S.