OpenAI

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of full-stack software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in both frontend and backend technologies
  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage projects end-to-end
  • Familiarity with security protocols and mitigation strategies

Responsibilities

  • Architect and enhance both frontend and backend systems
  • Build and ship products cross-functionally from concept to launch
  • Engage in architectural planning and technical design reviews
  • Develop solutions to protect against adversarial attacks
  • Collaborate closely with product engineering and safety teams

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge products like ChatGPT and Codex
  • Exposure to large-scale systems and complex engineering challenges
  • Emphasis on teamwork and supporting colleague success
  • Potential for professional growth and development in tech
Full Job Description
About the Team

OpenAI's Applications Engineering organization builds and operates the products (such as ChatGPT & Codex) that bring our cutting-edge research to millions of users and developers worldwide.

The Applied Foundations team owns the core product and platform layers that make those experiences possible - from identity & access, to safety to payments & commerce across all of our apps. Our teams span product engineering, infrastructure, and safety, working together to deliver technology that is reliable, secure, and trusted at global scale.

About the Role

We're hiring Full-Stack Software Engineers to design and implement safe services, systems and infrastructure that power our core products.

In this role, you will:
  • Architect, build, and improve frontend and backend systems.
  • Work across the full stack to build products and systems from initial exploration through launch readiness.
  • 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 in this role if you:
  • Have built and shipped full-stack apps or systems end-to-end - in fast-moving, startup-like environments.
  • 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 products and 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
Founded
2015

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