OpenAI
Staff / Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer
Found: May 30, 2026
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This role is based in San Francisco.
Compensation:
$230K – $385K + Offers Equity
Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for backend platform capabilities, integrations, and product infrastructure.
- Architect and operate services, APIs, data pipelines, and storage systems that support OpenAI products at global scale.
- Collaborate with product, design, research, infrastructure, safety, and customer-facing teams to understand needs and deliver effective solutions.
- Build with reliability, security, privacy, compliance, and model safety in mind.
- Work with research and product teams to bring next-generation model capabilities into production experiences.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of professional engineering experience in relevant roles.
- Experience leading large-scale backend, platform, or infrastructure projects.
- Proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or similar.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, API design, and operational excellence.
- Interest in AI/ML; direct AI/ML experience is helpful but not required.
