OpenAI · 4 days ago
Software Engineer, API Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a software engineer to own the design of their APIs, focusing on building and designing products that enhance the API experience. The role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality API design and development.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design and build products that we launch in API – extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite
Play a major role in our API Review process – working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard
Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world
Qualification
Required
Design and build products that we launch in API – extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite
Play a major role in our API Review process – working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard
Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world
Appreciate taste in API design – you believe there are well designed APIs and poorly designed APIs
Can thrive and operate independently in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and goals
Love building for other developers, and thrive on feedback from opinionated users
Are an engineer at heart, but are willing to lean into product decisions
Think of APIs as ladders
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.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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2025 (1)
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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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