Backend Engineer, Agent Platform (Production-Scale)

ResumeXrays LLC

San Francisco (CA)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer for the Agent Platform in San Francisco. You will build and scale backend services powering agent capabilities, designing APIs, and orchestration to support production-grade agent experiences.

Collaboration with product, research, and security teams will be essential as you improve reliability and performance. You should thrive on shipping secure, scalable infrastructure, enjoy solving hard engineering problems, and be comfortable working across service

Qualifications

Experience building and operating large-scale backend services.
Ability to design APIs and platform abstractions for product teams.
Experience with orchestration systems and deployment at scale.

Responsibilities

Build and operate production services enabling agents to execute code and use tools.
Design APIs and platform abstractions for agentic experiences.
Develop orchestration systems for agent execution, state, and retries.
Improve reliability, latency, and efficiency via observability and capacity planning.
Partner with product, research, security, and infra teams to bring new capabilities into production.
Own systems through from design to rollout, monitoring, and ongoing operation.