Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is looking for a backend software engineer to join the GTM Innovation team in San Francisco. This role involves building applications that accelerate OpenAI's go-to-market efforts, working closely with sales and technical teams to understand user needs.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in software engineering, is fluent in Python or JavaScript, and has experience with LLM-powered workflows. OpenAI offers a competitive compensation range of $230,000 – $385,000.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a software/ML/product engineer.
• Experience building or prototyping LLM-powered workflows using OpenAI API or similar.
• Comfortable building end-to-end applications.

Responsibilities

• Build high-impact applications and tools for go-to-market efforts.
• Work across the full product lifecycle: prototype, iterate, ship, and maintain.
• Collaborate with Sales and Technical Success to identify user needs.

Skills

Fluent in Python

Fluent in JavaScript

Experience with LLM-powered workflows

Full-stack application development

User-facing systems experience

Job description

About the Team

The GTM (Go-To-Market) Innovation team is an internal powerhouse revolutionizing how we engage customers through groundbreaking applications of our technology. As an incubator, we amplify the impact of Sales, Technical Success, Enablement, and Revenue Operations by deploying our technology at scale. This team applies advanced capabilities to real‑world interactions, reshaping conversations with customers, learning from every exchange, and finding novel ways to show the value of our technology.

About the Role

We’re looking for backend software engineers with a product mindset to join the GTM Innovation team. You’ll help OpenAI meet the world at scale by partnering closely with go‑to‑market teams to understand their workflows, identify leverage points, and ship novel solutions using the OpenAI API platform. This role is ideal for engineers who want to be close to users, own end‑to‑end outcomes, and help define entirely new categories of enterprise software.

In This Role, You Will

• Build high‑impact applications and tools that accelerate OpenAI’s go‑to‑market efforts
• Work across the full product lifecycle for GTM: prototype, iterate, ship, and maintain
• Embed with Sales, Technical Success, and Revenue Operations to identify user needs and build for them
• Apply OpenAI’s models in novel ways to solve real‑world customer and internal workflow problems
• Translate learnings into feedback for Applied and Research teams to inform product development

You’ll Thrive In This Role If You

• Have 4+ years of experience as a software/ML/product engineer working on user‑facing systems
• Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who built a product from scratch is a plus
• Are fluent in Python or JavaScript and comfortable building full‑stack applications
• Have built or prototyped LLM‑powered workflows using the OpenAI API (or similar)
• Take initiative, move quickly, and operate with a strong sense of ownership
• Enjoy working closely with end users and shaping 0→1 products
• Are collaborative, curious, and motivated to make an outsized impact at the frontier of AI

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.

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

Compensation Range: $230,000 – $385,000