OpenAI · 5 hours ago
Backend Software Engineer - B2B Applications
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking backend engineers to design and scale the systems that drive their developer and enterprise-facing products, focusing on architecting and maintaining services and infrastructure.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for new platform capabilities and integrations with other systems
Collaborate closely with product, design and external customers to understand problems and implement effective solutions
Work with the research team to improve our next generation of models
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
Are proficient in one or more backend languages (e.g., Python, Go, Rust, Typescript or similar) and distributed systems concepts
Enjoy building infrastructure that supports billions of requests and petabytes of data
Care deeply about reliability, safety, and performance in production environments
Proven ability to thrive in fast-growing, product-driven companies by effectively navigating loosely defined tasks and managing competing priorities or deadlines
Preferred
Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch is a plus
Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)
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.
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
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