OpenAI · 1 day ago
Software Engineer, Payments
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$255K/yr - $440K/yr
5+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As a Software Engineer on the Payments Team, you will design and build core payments systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions that support OpenAI's financial infrastructure.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Architect, implement and scale core payment infrastructure
Build robust and extensible financial primitives to enable rapid iteration and support hyper-growth
Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Finance, GTM, Product, etc) to translate business requirements into clean, scalable technical systems
Demonstrate high levels of ownership to get changes shipped in the highly-regulated domain of payments
Create a seamless user experience for checkout around the world
Improve the reliability, observability and auditability of money movement at OpenAI
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, ideally with a focus on payments or financial systems at scale
Familiarity with payment processors (e.g., Stripe, Adyen, Braintree) or have built similar internal financial systems, e.g. storing cardholder data, pricing, online commerce, etc
Strong product mindset and a desire to deeply understand product needs and design for long-term flexibility
Ability to thrive in high-growth, ambiguous environments, and can balance fast execution with technical rigor and system reliability
Excellent communication skills, with ability to build consensus among stakeholders both internally and externally
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
Recent News
2026-01-08
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