OpenAI · 1 month ago
Engineering Manager, Monetization Infrastructure
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$325K/yr - $490K/yr
7+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for building core monetization and ads systems, shaping technical strategy, and fostering a culture of innovation and safety.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Build, lead, and develop a diverse, high-performing engineering team working across backend, full-stack, and systems engineering
Define and own the technical strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for OpenAI’s core monetization and ads systems
Guide the architecture of distributed systems that operate at massive scale and require high reliability, privacy, and performance
Collaborate with Product, Research, and Design partners to define product requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and bring new experiences to market
Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment
Ensure your team operates effectively, maintains high engineering rigor, and consistently delivers against ambitious goals
Coach and mentor engineers to elevate their impact and grow to their full potential
Build processes and culture that enable fast learning, high trust, and responsible innovation
Ensure all monetization systems meet the highest standards for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience managing high-performance engineering teams in fast-paced, rapidly shifting environments
10+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating distributed systems at large scale
A track record of building and scaling critical systems with strong reliability, performance, and safety constraints
Skilled at defining technical roadmaps, setting long-term direction, and navigating ambiguous product spaces
Care deeply about people leadership, coaching, and helping engineers achieve peak performance
Strong product intuition and can work across Product, Design, and Research to shape new user experiences
Thrive in 0→1 environments where strategy, architecture, and execution all need to be defined from scratch
Communicate clearly, think holistically, and make decisions grounded in both user needs and long-term sustainability
Preferred
Experience collaborating in AI/ML, ads systems, marketplaces, or other monetization-heavy domains
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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2022 (18)
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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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