OpenAI

Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI
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5 months ago

Base Salary

$185k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
  • Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
  • Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
  • Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to protect against and mitigate adversarial attacks without compromising user experience.

Requirements

  • Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages such as Go, Python, Rust, or C++.
  • Experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
  • Ability to build resilient services that handle large scale and complexity.
  • Self-directed approach to solving complex problems and willingness to learn missing knowledge.
  • Ability to own problems end-to-end and collaborate effectively with colleagues and cross-functional teams.

Tech Stack

Categories

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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