Android Engineer, Plugin Developer Platform

OpenAI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

401(k)

Parental leave

Flexible PTO

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an experienced Android Engineer to bring plugins, connectors, and interactive apps to life on mobile. You will build Android experiences and platform foundations enabling developers to extend ChatGPT on devices, collaborating with product, design, and platform engineers.

You’ll work across native Android interfaces, developer-facing APIs, and systems supporting extensibility on mobile. The role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid model (3 days in office) and relocation

Qualifications

• Deep experience building Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks.
• Track record shipping consumer-facing mobile products at scale with focus on performance and UX.
• Ability to design reusable interfaces and abstractions for developers.
• Strong collaboration across engineering, product and design with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Build Android experiences for plugins, connectors, and interactive apps within ChatGPT.
• Develop reusable Android components and interfaces to support an ecosystem of developer-built experiences.
• Partner with platform engineers to connect native mobile experiences with APIs, SDKs, and backend systems.
• Work with developers and partners to identify integration challenges and improve the mobile experience.
• Improve app performance, reliability, architecture, testing, and developer tooling.
• Own projects from initial requirements through release, measurement, and iteration.

Skills

Kotlin

Android

Android development

APIs

Plugin ecosystem

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Android Studio

Jetpack

Job description

Android Engineer, Plugin Developer Platform | OpenAI

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Android Engineer, Plugin Developer Platform

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About the Team

The Plugin Developer Platform team builds the APIs, SDKs, and tools that let people extend ChatGPT and Codex. We work on plugins, connectors, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and interactive apps.

We want anyone to be able to turn a useful workflow into a plugin, share it, and have other people use it. A plugin can package instructions and skills with connections to the tools and data it needs. Our work covers plugin creation and publishing, the systems that run plugins across our products, and open standards that developers can build on.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Android engineer to bring plugins, connectors, and interactive apps to life on mobile. You’ll build the Android experiences and platform foundations that help developers extend ChatGPT and help users discover and use those capabilities from their devices.

You’ll work across native Android interfaces, developer-facing APIs, and the systems that support extensibility on mobile. You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and platform engineers, owning features from early exploration through implementation, launch, and iteration.

You’ll also engage directly with developers and partners to understand how their workflows translate to Android. Their experience will inform the interfaces and abstractions you build, the problems you prioritize, and the tradeoffs you make.

This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Build Android experiences for plugins, connectors, and interactive apps within ChatGPT.
• Develop reusable Android components and interfaces that support a growing ecosystem of developer-built experiences.
• Partner with platform engineers to connect native mobile experiences with APIs, SDKs, and backend systems.
• Work with developers and partners to identify integration challenges and improve the experience of building for mobile.
• Improve app performance, reliability, architecture, testing, and developer tooling.
• Own projects from initial requirements through release, measurement, and iteration.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have deep experience building Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android development frameworks.
• Have shipped consumer-facing mobile products at scale and care deeply about performance, quality, and user experience.
• Bring a platform mindset and enjoy designing reusable interfaces and abstractions that other developers build on.
• Enjoy collaborating across engineering, product, and design, and working directly with developers and partners.
• Are excited about bringing AI-powered tools and extensible experiences to mobile.
• Thrive in fast-moving environments where you help define both product and technical direction.

About OpenAI

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 the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affialitative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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Compensation

$185K – $385K + Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.