Backend Engineer Consumer Devices

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

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About the Role

You will architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems. You will design APIs, data models, and infrastructure, balance delivery velocity with long-term scalability, and collaborate across product, hardware, and full-stack teams on end-to-end solutions.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on backend systems
  • Experience building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale
  • Proficiency with Python and Go
  • System design, performance optimization, and security best practices
  • Ability to reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and maintain high-performance secure backend systems
  • Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure
  • Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on end-to-end solutions

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Performance-related bonuses for eligible employees
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense 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 company holidays, 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 assistance
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided