OpenAI

Software Engineer, Life Sciences

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Base Salary

$347k - $450k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design backend services, APIs, and integrations connecting users with models, scientific tools, and laboratory services.
  • Build intuitive interfaces for complex scientific workflows.
  • Own projects from problem definition and technical design through launch, operation, and iteration.
  • Partner with scientific and research stakeholders to identify user needs and prioritize product improvements.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure engineers on performance, reliability, and scaling.
  • Make engineering decisions balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with depth in backend development and the ability to build across the stack.
  • Experience shipping and operating products used by large user bases.
  • Strong product judgment and the ability to translate ambiguous needs into useful software.
  • Ability to work autonomously, make sound technical decisions, and drive projects with limited direction.
  • Relevant experience may include building AI applications, model-serving integrations, inference platforms, marketplaces, complex workflow products, or scientific and laboratory systems.
  • Life sciences experience is helpful but not required.
OpenAI

About OpenAI

10,000+ employees

OpenAI builds and deploys large-scale AI models and tools—including ChatGPT, GPT-4–class models, DALL·E, and Whisper—sold via APIs and enterprise subscriptions to developers and businesses. It monetizes through usage-based API pricing and ChatGPT Plus/Team/Enterprise, and also reaches customers via Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a private partnership.

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