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Full Stack Software Engineer Intelligence and Investigations

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

49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 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 design, prototype, ship, and maintain products that analyze complex information and support high-stakes investigations. You will build intelligence and investigative tools, apply AI models to research workflows, create evidence-focused interfaces, and own production systems from discovery through improvement.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience
  • 4+ years of software engineering experience
  • Production software design, development, and operations
  • End-to-end product or system ownership
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Large or unstructured datasets
  • Product and technical judgment

Responsibilities

  • Build intelligence systems that monitor and characterize emerging risks
  • Develop investigative tools for assessing potential high-severity misuse or harm
  • Own technical solutions from user needs and prototyping through deployment and production improvement
  • Apply AI models to lead generation, triage, synthesis, and analysis across complex datasets
  • Design interfaces and workflows for exploring evidence and following leads
  • Shape technical and product direction as investigative needs evolve
  • Collaborate with analysts, investigators, and cross-functional partners

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account employer contributions
  • Pre-tax health, dependent-care, and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) employer match
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO or up to 15 annual PTO days
  • Paid holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid life and disability coverage
  • Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends