Rae Iverson
Kenji Watanabe

Kenji Watanabe

Researcher — pre-training, scaling, evaluation
Member of Technical Staff, Pre-training at OpenAISan Francisco, CA · America/Los_Angeles14 yrs · IC6
ScreeningWarmSourcedPassiveUS citizen
AI match score
96/ 100
Strong
Last touched1w ago
OwnerMei Lin
Comp expectation$520,000–$720,000
Flight riskmedium

Reference check — positive, with texture

Note · internal · Feb 9, 2026 (2mo ago)

positive

Content

Three references spoke to strong technical depth and steady judgment under pressure. One flagged that they can be a slow adopter of unfamiliar process — but compensate by documenting what they do adopt.