Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API)

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on multimodal API products, including real-time APIs, Whisper, TTS, and DALL-E.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and research teams to define strategic vision and product roadmaps.
• Guide technical and architectural decisions with an emphasis on scalability, robustness, and user experience.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing engineering teams that deliver complex, high-quality products at scale.
• Strong technical background and proficiency in modern software engineering practices and system architecture.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to coordinate across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with or a strong interest in multimodal AI, including speech technologies, real-time systems, and image generation.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing multimodal systems or APIs in AI/ML domains (image generation, audio generation, or speech transcription).
• Familiarity with real-time streaming technologies, audio processing, and computer vision.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and distributed architectures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($293K – $385K) and generous equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and flexible PTO.
• Daily meals in the office and mental health support.
• 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 our industry-leading API platform.