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F-1 OPT legal jobs in California are concentrated in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley, where large law firms like Latham & Watkins and Orrick, major tech companies with in-house legal teams, and public interest organizations actively hire international talent. OPT work authorization lets you gain practical legal experience while building toward long-term sponsorship.
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INTRODUCTION
NVIDIA is in a unique position: we are developing AI-based products across multiple domains, and we collaborate with many interesting AI companies as partners and customers. Ensuring the highest Content Safety possible reduces exposure to inappropriate material. Preventing Bias and Discrimination is essential to both protect individual rights and achieve the best quality of results, including accuracy and completeness of information. By prioritizing safety and fairness, we can ensure that LLMs benefit everyone and contribute to a better future for all.
Our team also works in the area of safety for generative models for language, robustness, and explainability. Our LLMs are a growing area of AI products, including models and services, and we are committed to ensuring that they are used safely and responsibly. We are looking for a talented Machine Learning Engineer to work on Product Security, Content Safety, ML Fairness and Robustness efforts for LLMs across all of our research and production engineering teams. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to take on innovative problems in machine learning, particularly focused on safety for multi-modal LLMs. This role is directed at assessing, quantifying, and improving the safety and inclusivity of our LLM models in a scalable fashion.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you'll be doing:
- Develop the datasets and models for training and evaluating models and end-to-end systems for Content Safety, ProdSec, Robustness and ML Fairness.
- Research and implement cutting-edge techniques for bias detection and mitigation in LLMs and systems using LLMs like RAGs.
- Define and track key metrics for responsible LLM behavior and usage.
- Follow the best MLOps practices of automation, monitoring, scale and safety.
- Contribute to the MLOps platform and develop safety tools to help ML teams be more effective.
- Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, and researchers to develop and implement solutions to content safety and ML fairness challenges.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What we need to see:
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field - or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 2+ years of work experience in developing and deploying machine learning models in production.
- Strong understanding of machine learning principles and algorithms.
- Hands-on programming experience in python and in-depth knowledge of machine learning frameworks, like Keras or PyTorch.
- Background in one or more of the following broader areas for 1+ years: Content Safety, ML Fairness, Robustness, AI Model Security, or related areas.
- Experience working in a range of the following areas within Content Safety: Hate/Harassment, Sexualized, Harmful/Violent, or other specific areas from your application.
- Practice working with large multi-modal datasets and multi-modal models.
- Good at problem-solving and analytical ability.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Demonstrates behaviors that build trust: humility, transparency, respect, and intellectual honesty.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Skilled with alignment/fine-tuning of LLMs - including regular LLMs as well as VLMs (vision-language models) or any-to-text.
- Proven experience with multimodal and/or multilingual content safety, legal, and regulatory compliance.
- Knowledge of robustness, including hallucinations, digressions, and generative misinformation.
- Experience with GenAI security, including prompt stability, model extraction, confidentiality/data extraction, integrity, availability, and adversarial robustness.
- Passion for AI and a demonstrated commitment to advancing the field through innovative research, prior scientific research, and publication experience.
COMPENSATION
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 124,000 USD - 195,500 USD for Level 2, and 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 28, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Which legal companies sponsor F-1 OPT visas in California?
Large law firms with California offices, including Latham & Watkins, Morrison Foerster, Gibson Dunn, and Orrick, have histories of hiring international legal talent on OPT. Major tech companies headquartered in California, such as Google, Apple, and Meta, also sponsor OPT workers through their in-house legal and compliance departments. Public interest organizations and legal aid nonprofits in Los Angeles and the Bay Area hire OPT-eligible candidates as well, though at lower volumes.
Which cities in California have the most legal F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs?
San Francisco and Los Angeles are the two highest-volume markets for legal OPT sponsorship in California. San Francisco and Silicon Valley draw demand from both BigLaw offices and in-house legal teams at technology companies. Los Angeles concentrates entertainment law, litigation, and immigration law practices that regularly hire international graduates. San Diego offers additional opportunities in biotech and patent law, particularly for candidates with science or engineering backgrounds.
What types of legal roles typically qualify for F-1 OPT sponsorship in California?
Roles that align directly with a law degree or legal studies qualify most cleanly for OPT. These include legal analyst, compliance analyst, paralegal, contract manager, and junior associate positions at law firms or in-house legal departments. Patent prosecution roles at technology and biotech companies are particularly strong fits in California for candidates with STEM degrees who also completed legal coursework. Legal operations and regulatory affairs roles at large employers are also common OPT placements.
How do I find legal F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs in California?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international job seekers on F-1 OPT and other visa types, and filters legal jobs in California by sponsorship eligibility, so you're not sorting through listings that won't work for your status. Beyond job boards, targeting California law firms and tech companies with established international hiring programs, and networking through your law school's alumni base in San Francisco and Los Angeles, meaningfully increases your chances of finding roles open to OPT candidates.
Are there any California-specific considerations for F-1 OPT legal jobs?
California's bar admission requirements mean that most attorney-of-record roles require passing the California Bar Exam, which is separate from OPT eligibility. OPT-eligible candidates typically pursue non-attorney roles such as legal analyst, compliance, or paralegal positions while their visa status is active. California's strong privacy law sector, driven by the California Consumer Privacy Act, has created demand for compliance and legal operations talent that suits OPT candidates with relevant coursework. STEM OPT extension is not available for standard JD programs, so planning for H-1B visa sponsorship before OPT expires is important.