OpenAI · 19 hours ago
Enterprise Systems Architect, AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$216K/yr - $240K/yr
10+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As an Enterprise Systems Architect, you will design and build Model Context Protocol servers and integration primitives while shaping the technical architecture for enterprise platforms and AI-enabled workflows.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Build and operate MCP servers/connectors that securely connect LLM-powered workflows to enterprise systems (Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Anaplan, etc.), including authentication/authorization, auditing, and safe data access patterns
Define architecture standards and reusable integration primitives: API/tool schemas, permissioning models, policy enforcement, rate limiting, caching, and guardrails that prevent accidental data exposure and ensure least-privilege access
Drive production readiness and reliability: observability (metrics/logs/traces), idempotency/retry patterns, incident-ready runbooks, and pragmatic non-prod→prod rollout paths with measurable risk controls and adoption metrics
Adopt OpenAI technologies (Codex) to co-create MCPs with platforms, working with our internal Enterprise Platform team to create MCP actions
Assist with other development efforts as needed
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in enterprise systems architecture, business systems engineering, or IT strategy
Deep understanding of SaaS application ecosystems (Salesforce, Oracle Fusion, Workday, Ashby, NetSuite, etc) and their APIs/integration frameworks
Have built production integrations or platform services and you naturally think about security, failure modes, and operational ownership
Are strong in API/interface design and modern identity patterns (OAuth/OIDC, service-to-service auth), and can clearly explain tradeoffs across usability, performance, and controls
Can lead technically without managing a team: you drive alignment through crisp architecture decisions, high-quality reviews, and shipping reference implementations that other engineers adopt
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
Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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