Applied AI Engineer Sign in with ChatGPT

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
About OpenAI

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.

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About the Role

You will lead technical partner integrations from use-case selection through architecture, prototyping, implementation, evaluation, launch, and maintenance. You will build code and reference implementations, troubleshoot identity and agent workflows, review architectures, and turn recurring partner needs into platform improvements.

Requirements

  • 4–6 years of professional software engineering or AI engineering experience
  • Experience in customer-facing or partner-facing engineering roles
  • Experience building and operating production full-stack products, APIs, backend services, developer platforms, connectors, or integrations
  • Understanding of plugins, connectors, coding agents, MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs
  • Ability to communicate with external engineers, product leaders, and executives
  • Ability to create prototypes, API contracts, and technical specifications

Responsibilities

  • Own priority agent-enablement integrations from readiness assessment through ongoing maintenance
  • Guide partners on browser sign-in, OAuth, account linking, and provisioning integrations
  • Write production and sample code, reference implementations, test harnesses, and technical guidance
  • Debug identity and agent workflows across browser redirects, OIDC, token exchange, account mapping, APIs, CLIs, and MCP handoffs
  • Review partner architectures for API contracts, permissions, privacy, security, reliability, and maintainability
  • Run evaluations, launch-readiness reviews, staged rollouts, and post-launch investigations
  • Contribute improvements to identity protocols, APIs, SDKs, documentation, tools, and consent experiences
  • Translate recurring integration patterns into platform requirements and reference architectures

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families with employer HSA contributions
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO or up to 15 days annually depending on exemption status
  • Paid holidays, coordinated office closures, and sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided