OpenAI · 2 days ago
Software Engineer, Monetization Product & Platform
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$255K/yr - $405K/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 Software Engineer to help build the core monetization and ads systems, responsible for designing and implementing infrastructure, APIs, and user-facing experiences for next-generation monetization products.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale the core infrastructure behind OpenAI’s monetization and ads products
Develop advertiser-facing APIs and tools that enable the creation, management, and measurement of ads
Build integrations with external partners and help create enterprise-grade monetization products
Architect distributed systems and services that operate at massive scale with strong reliability, usability, privacy, and performance guarantees
Work closely with Product, Research, and Design to translate product requirements into high-quality technical solutions
Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment
Contribute to technical strategy, propose new directions, and help shape the roadmap for monetization and ads platforms
Maintain high engineering rigor through strong testing, documentation, and operational best practices
Uphold the highest levels of safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance across all monetization systems
Help continuously refine engineering processes, culture, and best practices within a fast-moving, multidisciplinary team
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience building high-scale consumer, enterprise, or ads-related systems
A track record of architecting and delivering complex distributed systems with high reliability and performance requirements
Comfortable navigating ambiguous product spaces and contributing to technical roadmaps and long-term direction
Strong product intuition and enjoy collaborating deeply with Product, Design, and Research
Thrive in 0→1 environments where systems, architecture, and user experiences must be defined from scratch
Communicate clearly, think holistically, and make decisions rooted in both user needs and long-term sustainability
Motivated by building privacy-preserving, safe, and user-first monetization systems
Preferred
Experience in 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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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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