Careers at OpenMined
Do you dream of a future where artificial intelligence benefits humanity while respecting individual privacy? At OpenMined, we’re building the tools to make that dream a reality.
As a non-profit foundation, we’re dedicated to building the public network for non-public information, by creating and evangelizing open-source technology that empowers data owners to share their data without compromising privacy, security, or intellectual property.
Why Join?
Make a real-world impact
Contribute to cutting-edge technology that addresses one of the biggest challenges in AI – accessing data responsibly.
Be part of a passionate community
Collaborate with talented engineers, researchers, and advocates from around the world who are shaping the future of privacy-preserving AI.
Grow and learn
Engage in challenging projects, learn from experienced mentors, and contribute to open-source software used by leading organizations worldwide.
Thrive in a supportive environment
We offer a flexible and collaborative work environment that values continuous learning and personal growth
Our Values
Our organization operates with a set of core values that define our identity and guide our conduct. These values are central to how we interact with each other, our partners, and our broader community.
Mission-Driven
The mission comes first. Whoever builds the infrastructure for non-public information will shape how power over AI is distributed for decades. We exist to make sure that infrastructure is open, auditable, and publicly governed. That responsibility informs every decision we make, undistracted by other popular priorities (revenue, social credit, influence, etc.). When something doesn’t serve the mission, we let it go.
Never Give Up
We chose one of the hardest problems in technology. Progress is not linear, funding is not guaranteed, and the easy path is almost never the right one. We stay in the fight. When a technical approach fails 999 times, we build the 1000th. When a door closes, we find a window. Persistence here is not stubbornness. It’s the understanding that the problems worth solving don’t yield to half-hearted effort.
Elite Collaboration
We are an elite team focused on collaborative performance. Great remote collaboration requires communicating exactly the right amount using the right tool or venue, especially the discipline to write things down. We build trust through reliability rather than proximity. We default to public channels over private threads, and documentation over tribal knowledge.
Pragmatic Ingenuity
We invent, and then we ship. Our mission demands genuine creativity: new technical approaches, novel system architectures, and unconventional partnerships. But creativity without follow-through is just ideas. We pressure-test our innovations against real constraints (compute budgets, user needs, deployment timelines, etc.). We do the unglamorous work to get there, and choose the solution that works over the solution that merely sounds smart. The best idea is the one that actually gets used.
Candor
We say the thing. If a project is off track, we name it. If we disagree, we speak up directly, respectfully, and in the moment. We value truth over comfort and feedback over silence. In a remote organization, where you can’t read body language across a table, honest communication is how we stay aligned. It’s how we earn trust, and how we keep it.
Bias to Action
Uncertainty is our default operating environment. The playbook for building a public network for non-public information doesn’t exist yet; we’re writing it. In that context, waiting for certainty is the riskiest choice. We make the best decision we can with the information we have, move, and learn. We trust each other to act without asking permission for every step. Speed with course-correction beats precision with paralysis.
Humility
Each person walks in the authority given to them by their role in the team. This is not a false humility wherein a person pretends to lack capability, nor is it a haughtiness driven by the need to be seen or praised by others (although that praise might come). No, each person receives the authority of their role during the time they hold it, and they execute that role without hesitation.
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