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Software Engineer, Ad Formats

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about 6 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$230k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and scale creative rendering and presentation systems for ads.
  • Develop infrastructure and tooling for various ad formats including text, image, and video.
  • Define the structure, rendering, validation, and delivery of ads across OpenAI products.
  • Ensure ads render reliably and perform efficiently across platforms.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Research to prototype and ship ad experiences.
  • Architect distributed systems with strong reliability and performance guarantees.
  • Drive product development through rapid prototyping and iterative deployment.
  • Contribute to technical strategy and shape the roadmap for ad formats.
  • Maintain high engineering standards through testing and documentation.
  • Uphold safety, privacy, and policy compliance in ad systems.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in building high-scale consumer product experiences or ads systems.
  • Proven track record of architecting complex systems for user-facing experiences.
  • Strong focus on product quality, performance, and reliability.
  • Experience working at the intersection of frontend and backend systems.
  • Excellent collaboration skills with Product, Design, and Research teams.
  • Ability to thrive in 0→1 environments where systems must be defined from scratch.
  • Strong communication skills and holistic decision-making abilities.
  • Motivated by building privacy-preserving and user-first monetization systems.
  • Bonus: Experience with ads formats, creative rendering systems, or interactive product experiences.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance for new employees.
  • Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace.