OpenAI · 1 day ago
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$255K/yr - $405K/yr
4+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Backend Software Engineer will join the GTM Innovation team to build high-impact applications that enhance customer engagement and support go-to-market efforts using OpenAI's technology.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Build high-impact applications and tools that accelerate OpenAI’s go-to-market efforts
Work across the full product lifecycle for GTM: prototype, iterate, ship, and maintain
Embed with Sales, Technical Success, and Revenue Operations to identify user needs and build for them
Apply OpenAI’s models in novel ways to solve real-world customer and internal workflow problems
Translate learnings into feedback for Applied and Research teams to inform product development
Qualification
Required
Have 4+ years of experience as a software/ML/product engineer working on user-facing systems
Are fluent in Python or JavaScript and comfortable building full-stack applications
Take initiative, move quickly, and operate with a strong sense of ownership
Enjoy working closely with end users and shaping 0→1 products
Are collaborative, curious, and motivated to make an outsized impact at the frontier of AI
Preferred
Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who built a product from scratch is a plus
Have built or prototyped LLM-powered workflows using the OpenAI API (or similar)
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)
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
Recent News
2026-01-08
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