Engineering Manager — Multimodal AI API Platform

OpenAI

California (MO)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multimodal API product suite in San Francisco. You will own the roadmap for real-time processing, transcription, speech generation, and image APIs, while building and mentoring a high-performing team to deliver scalable APIs that reach millions of end users.

You will collaborate with product, design, and research teams to refine architectures and models, ensuring robust performance and excellent user experience in a fast-paced startup

Qualifications

Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering complex, high-quality products at scale.
Strong software engineering background and system design skills.
Excellent collaboration and communication across diverse teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on multimodal API products.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define the strategic vision and roadmap.
Work with research teams to improve core multimodal models for API use cases.
Guide technical and architectural decisions with emphasis on scalability and user experience.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability within the team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System architecture

Collaboration & communication

Multimodal AI familiarity

Startup environment

Tools

Cloud platforms

Distributed architectures

Job description

You will collaborate with product, design, and research teams to refine architectures and models, ensuring robust performance and excellent user experience in a fast-paced startup

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