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OpenAI · 7 hours ago

Backend Software Engineer, Growth

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$160K/yr - $385K/yr

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are looking for an experienced backend engineer to join their new ChatGPT Growth team to lead projects that enhance the user base of ChatGPT and Plus Subscribers through data analysis, product ideation, and experimentation.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
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Growth Opportunities
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Responsibilities

Drive long-term growth of ChatGPT through a combination of data analysis, product ideation, and experimentation to optimize product experiences
Partner with iOS, Android, and fullstack engineers to
Plan and deploy backend systems necessary to power these product experiences
Execute on projects by working closely with research, product, design, data science and other members of product teams to land impact on product goals
Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group-think

Qualification

Backend systemsData analysisA/B testingProduct ideationKPI trackingCollaborationAdaptabilityCommunication

Required

Experience as a backend engineer
Ability to drive long-term growth through data analysis, product ideation, and experimentation
Experience in planning and deploying backend systems
Ability to execute projects by collaborating with research, product, design, data science, and other product team members
Experience in creating a diverse and inclusive culture
Experience shipping features that optimize user funnels
Highly analytical with experience designing and implementing A/B tests
Ability to track business metrics and KPIs
Strong desire to learn and share information clearly with others
Comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions

Company

OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
dateFounded in 2015
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.openai.com

H1B Sponsorship

OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$79B
Key Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B

Leadership Team

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Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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