Backend Systems Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI's Applications Engineering team is hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement safe services and infrastructure powering core products like ChatGPT. You will work on scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines to support millions of users and developers worldwide.

You will architect robust services, drive performance and safety, and collaborate with security-focused teams to protect users while maintaining a great experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages.
• Proven ability to set up and maintain production backend services and data pipelines.
• Strong collaboration and proactive problem solving in fast-moving teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
• Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
• Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to mitigate adversarial attacks while preserving user experience.

Skills

Distributed systems

APIs

Go

Python

Rust

C++

Job description

OpenAI's Applications Engineering team is hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement safe services and infrastructure powering core products like ChatGPT. You will work on scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines to support millions of users and developers worldwide.

You will architect robust services, drive performance and safety, and collaborate with security-focused teams to protect users while maintaining a great experience.