Software Engineer, OpenAI Presence

Skills

About the Role

You will guide architecture and implementation across the Presence platform, design and build reliable backend systems for high-volume agent workflows, develop platform capabilities for agent development, and tackle reliability bottlenecks while working across backend and product experiences.

Requirements

• 9+ years of professional engineering experience in backend, platform or product engineering
• Track record of hands-on technical leadership
• Deep backend engineering and systems design skills with at least one backend programming language
• End-to-end ownership of complex systems
• Strong production engineering judgment
• Strong product judgment
• Clear technical communication and cross-discipline collaboration

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership guiding architectural decisions and implementation
• Design and build backend systems for reliable high-volume agent workflows
• Develop platform capabilities supporting agent development and learning from real-world use
• Identify and address reliability bottlenecks
• Work across backend infrastructure and product experiences

Benefits

• Equity
• Performance-related bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account employer contributions
• Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical and caregiver leave
• Flexible PTO
• 13+ paid company holidays
• Paid sick or safe time
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices
• Relocation support
• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends