OpenAI vs Palantir: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
OpenAI has 832 open roles to Palantir's 321. OpenAI posted more in the last 30 days (281 against 14). OpenAI's largest function is Engineering (34% of open roles); Palantir's is Engineering (45%). On posted base ranges, OpenAI's median midpoint is $311k against $152k at Palantir. OpenAI is far more open to remote work (67% of roles against 0%).
| OpenAI | Palantir | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 832 | 321 |
| New in 7 days | 90 | 9 |
| New in 30 days | 281 | 14 |
| Leadership seats open | 13 | 0 |
| Remote-friendly share | 67% | 0% |
| Research share of roles | 7% | 1% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 21% | 17% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $252k to $370k | $135k to $170k |
| Research roles | 57 | 2 |
| Engineering roles | 288 | 145 |
| Infrastructure roles | 128 | 61 |
| Data roles | 23 | 0 |
| Product & Design roles | 24 | 16 |
| Go-to-market roles | 175 | 56 |
| Operations roles | 130 | 41 |
Newest at OpenAI
- Platform Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) San Francisco
- Data Center Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer San Francisco
- Software Engineer, DevOps San Francisco
- Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber Washington, DC
- Research Lead, Policy Communications San Francisco
Newest at Palantir
- Contract Operations Palo Alto, CA
- Contract Operations Washington, D.C.
- Contract Operations Denver, CO
- Contract Operations New York, NY
- Software Engineer – Query Engines New York, NY
Shares are fractions of open roles. Salary is the median of posted base ranges in USD. Full company scorecards, hiring velocity and closed roles for every company are in Pro. AI salaries · Hiring index.