1 day ago
Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT Engineering
OpenAI
On Site
Full Time
$285,000
San Francisco, CA
Job Overview
Job TitleBackend Software Engineer, ChatGPT Engineering
Job TypeFull Time
CategoryCommerce
Experience5 Years
DegreeMaster
Offered Salary$285,000
LocationSan Francisco, CA
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Job Description
About The Team
Core backend engineering is central to delivering reliable, scalable, and performant AI-driven products. Our Backend teams span Search Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Personalization, Ecosystems, Growth, and more—building services, data systems, and APIs that power ChatGPT’s global footprint.
About The Role
OpenAI is hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement the services and infrastructure powering ChatGPT.
What You’ll Do
- Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
- Drive performance, reliability, and security across distributed services.
- Work closely with product, data science, and frontend teams.
- Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
- Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
You Might Thrive Here If You
- Have strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++).
- Enjoy building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity.
- Are passionate about system design, reliability, and operational excellence.
Key skills/competency
- Distributed Systems
- API Design
- Backend Development
- Scalability
- Reliability Engineering
- Go/Python/Rust/C++
- Data Storage
- System Architecture
- Performance Optimization
- Operational Excellence
How to Get Hired at OpenAI
- Research OpenAI's mission: Study their dedication to general-purpose AI benefiting humanity and their focus on safety.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience with scalable backend systems, distributed architectures, and relevant languages (Go, Python, Rust, C++).
- Showcase ChatGPT familiarity: Demonstrate understanding of large-scale AI product backends and performance challenges.
- Prepare for system design: Practice complex distributed system design and API architecture questions relevant to high-scale applications.
- Emphasize reliability and ops: Discuss experience driving operational excellence and robust service deployment at scale.
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