Hybrid Analytics Engineer – Real Estate and Workplace

at OpenAI

• Job title: Analytics Engineer – Real Estate and Workplace
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $198,000 - $220,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Airflow, Cloud, IoT, Kafka, Spark, SQL, Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Analytics Engineer building high-quality data models and pipelines for OpenAI's real estate and workplace operations. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain business‑facing data models in Databricks and SQL that power REW reporting and planning.
• Develop and manage data pipelines for Tableau dashboards used by site leaders, operators, and executives.
• Define and maintain canonical REW metrics and documentation to ensure consistent decision-making across teams.
• Integrate data from HR systems, OfficeSpace, badge and access systems, meeting‑room bookings, and real‑time presence and occupancy sensors.
• Implement data quality checks, tests, and monitoring to ensure the reliability of REW metrics.
• Build real‑time data pipelines that support agent‑based operational applications.
• Partner with product managers and engineers to evolve and scale the REW data platform.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or analytics.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with cloud data platforms.
• Comfort working with messy, operational, and real‑world datasets such as environmental sensor data, IoT data, or other event‑based data sources.
• Experience with tools such as dbt, Airflow, or Spark, and real‑time systems such as Kafka, Kinesis, Delta Live Tables, or Spark Structured Streaming.
• The ability to thrive in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift quickly.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.