Backend Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs
• Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services
• Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions
• Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against adversarial attacks

Requirements

• Strong experience with distributed systems and APIs
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Python, Rust, or C++
• Experience setting up and maintaining production backend services
• Experience working with data pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity
• Ability to own problems end-to-end and self-direct through technical challenges

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($185K – $385K) and generous equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave and flexible PTO
• Daily meals in the office and meal delivery credits
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of AI capabilities and seek to safely deploy them to the world through products like ChatGPT and Codex.