4+ years of professional engineering experience in tech/product-driven companies
Experience as a founder or early engineer at a startup is a plus
Interest in building company culture and recruiting top talent
Proficient in JavaScript, React, and web technologies
Proficient in a backend language (Python preferred)
Familiarity with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
Interest in AI/ML is a plus, though not required
Responsibilities
Own the full product development lifecycle for new people products
Engage with internal stakeholders to identify problems and design solutions
Collaborate with the research team to iterate on AI model applications
Work with cross-functional teams including engineers, HR professionals, and designers to create innovative products
Build software focused on HR, culture, and recruiting from the ground up
Benefits
Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity in hiring
Opportunity to shape the future of work with AI and cutting-edge technology
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
Focus on personal development and iterative learning
Full Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for a product engineer who loves shipping in an iterative, fast-moving, and richly cross-functional environment. This team is for entrepreneurial full-stack builders who are deeply curious about culture, recruiting, and people development and want to consider everything from the business strategy and metrics down to the code and agent implementations that gets us there. In this role, you will work with domain experts on the People team and leaders across the company to build software and agents focused on HR, culture and recruiting from the ground up. You'll also innovate on how we apply OpenAI's latest LLMs and developer platforms in these domains, maintaining a continuous feedback loop with research and product teams.
In this role, you will:
Own the full product development lifecycle for new people products end-to-end, building highly autonomously in collaboration with product managers, designers, data scientists, recruiters, HR business partners, and operations experts
Develop deep relationships with internal stakeholders to understand their problems and push for innovative solutions to address them
Work with research and product teams to share relevant feedback and iterate on applying the latest models
Operate and grow our internal product portfolio with a high degree of product quality, security/privacy/reliability, and responsiveness to user feedback
Your background might look something like:
5+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who built a product from scratch is a plus
Interest in building company culture and/or recruiting and developing the world's most talented people
Proficiency with web technologies (we use Python, JavaScript, PostgreSQL) and modern agentic coding tools
Interest in keeping up with the state of the art in LLMs and applying it thoughtfully and safely within a complex problem domain
Ability to move quickly in an ambiguous environment with loosely defined tasks and competing priorities or deadlines
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.
