Staff / Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer
Core
Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure to bring advanced AI capabilities into production for OpenAI's products and platforms.
Role type
Staff / Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer
Builds
Services, data systems, APIs, and infrastructure supporting OpenAI products at global scale
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Large-scale Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, API design, data modeling, observability, operational excellence, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, security, privacy, compliance
Preferred skills
AI/ML experience, product building from scratch, navigating ambiguous requirements
Technologies
Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end development lifecycle for backend platform capabilities, Architect and operate services and data pipelines, Collaborate with product and research teams to deliver solutions, Build systems with reliability and security in mind, Bring next-generation model capabilities into production
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact