Software Engineer, Monetization Delivery

OpenAI

about 2 months ago

San Francisco, CA, USA

Staff+

Base Salary

$230k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

Architect, build, and optimize the ads delivery platform for real-time global scale.
Design systems ensuring correctness, safety, and continuous optimization under heavy load.
Develop decision engines, ranking logic, and delivery pipelines with strong performance and privacy guarantees.
Collaborate with Product, Design, and Research to define requirements and drive solutions.
Prototype, experiment, and deploy rapid iterations to enhance delivery quality and efficiency.
Implement infrastructure for ongoing measurement, optimization, and model-based improvements.
Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and rigorous testing.
Contribute to technical strategy and shape the long-term roadmap of the ads delivery stack.
Integrate safety, fairness, and policy alignment into delivery systems from first principles.

10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems with strict requirements.
Experience in building or contributing to delivery, ranking, recommendation, or real-time decisioning systems.
Comfortable working across backend, systems engineering, and optionally applied ML.
Ability to thrive in deeply technical 0→1 problem spaces requiring innovative architecture and strategy.
Strong intuition for system design tradeoffs and translating product goals into technical decisions.
Clear communication skills and a holistic approach to system maintainability and sustainability.
Bonus: Experience in ads delivery, ranking systems, marketplaces, or ML-driven optimization platforms.