OpenAI

Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI • $130K — $180K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development with a focus on distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Go, Python, Rust, or C++.
  • Experience in maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of API development and integration.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
  • Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
  • Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
  • Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
  • Collaborate with teams to design solutions that minimize security risks while maintaining user experience.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on innovative projects that impact core products.
  • Access to a collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Focus on maintaining high performance and safety in services.
  • Continuous learning and professional development support.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement safe services and infrastructure that power our core products.

What You'll Do
  • Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
  • Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
  • Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
  • Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against and mitigate adversarial attacks without compromising user experience.

You Might Thrive Here If You:
  • Have strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++).
  • Have experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
  • Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
  • Enjoy building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity.
  • Are self-directed and enjoy figuring out the best way to solve a particular problem
  • Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.


About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2015
* Ladders Estimates

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