Posted 9 hours ago
Software Engineer, Backend
OpenAI
Requirements
4+ years backend engineering experience, Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and Postgres, Experience with distributed systems or data pipelines
Skills
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQL
About the role
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs to support intelligent automation and knowledge systems
- Integrate and structure data across internal platforms for use by downstream systems and AI workflows
- Collaborate with product, research, and engineering teams to integrate OpenAI models into workflows
- Own the full development lifecycle of new backend systems and internal platform capabilities
- Build scalable and maintainable systems while rapidly iterating on new ideas
Requirements
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience at product-driven companies
- Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and Postgres
- Experience designing and scaling distributed systems, APIs, or data processing pipelines
- Pragmatic mindset with ability to ship iteratively
- Interest in structured knowledge representation, internal search, or agent infrastructure
About the Company
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
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