OpenAI · 11 hours ago
Data Engineer, Analytics
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$255K/yr - $405K/yr
3+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a Data Engineer to lead the development of data pipelines and core tables, which are essential for analyses, safety systems, and product growth. The role involves collaboration across various teams to understand data needs and implement robust systems for data processing.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design, build and manage our data pipelines, ensuring all user event data is seamlessly integrated into our data warehouse
Develop canonical datasets to track key product metrics including user growth, engagement, and revenue
Work collaboratively with various teams, including, Infrastructure, Data Science, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Research to understand their data needs and provide solutions
Implement robust and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion and processing
Participate in data architecture and engineering decisions, bringing your strong experience and knowledge to bear
Ensure the security, integrity, and compliance of data according to industry and company standards
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience as a data engineer
8+ years of any software engineering experience (including data engineering)
Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java
Experience with distributed processing technologies and frameworks, such as Hadoop, Flink and distributed storage systems (e.g., HDFS, S3)
Expertise with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar frameworks
Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code
Benefits
Relocation assistance
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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