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OpenAI · 1 week ago

iOS Engineer, Applied Foundations

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$255K/yr - $310K/yr
date4+ years exp

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The role involves building core mobile experiences for OpenAI’s products, focusing on creating high-quality iOS applications that enhance user interaction and trust while collaborating with various teams to shape the architecture of the mobile ecosystem.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Build and ship new experiences on iOS that showcase the power of AI
Optimize app performance, reliability, and responsiveness at global scale
Design and maintain shared iOS frameworks and primitives for account, trust, and commerce flows that are used across OpenAI’s mobile apps
Establish robust testing frameworks and refine app architecture for long-term maintainability
Collaborate with product, design, research, and backend teams to deliver high-impact features
Provide technical leadership to shape the future of OpenAI’s iOS platform

Qualification

IOS developmentSwiftApple development ecosystemUI designNetworkingPayment integrationsPerformance optimizationSecurity awarenessUser experienceCross-functional collaboration

Required

Have up to 6 years of professional software engineering experience
Have a proven track record of building high-quality iOS applications in production, especially for systems that need to be reliable and resilient at scale
Have owned complex, business-critical mobile systems end-to-end
Have experience making deep architectural tradeoffs on iOS
Are fluent in Swift and familiar with the Apple development ecosystem (Xcode, UIKit, SwiftUI)
Care deeply about performance, security, and user experience
Enjoy working cross-functionally to bring ambitious product ideas to life

Company

OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
dateFounded in 2015
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.openai.com

H1B Sponsorship

OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$79B
Key Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B

Leadership Team

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Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
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Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder

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