Enterprise Backend Engineer — Codex Security & Governance

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a backend-focused engineer for Codex Enterprise to design and operate secure, scalable backend systems that serve large organizations.

You will own end-to-end systems from architecture through production, focusing on identity, access, encryption, policy enforcement, and auditability across the enterprise.

Collaborate with product, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver enterprise-grade AI capabilities at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals and distributed systems experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, Java, or C++.
• Experience with security, identity, authorization, encryption, and policy systems.
• Familiarity with enterprise governance, SSO/SAML/OIDC, RBAC, and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Build backend systems that protect enterprise data, including encryption and access controls.
• Design and operate the Codex enterprise control plane across users, teams, projects, and environments.
• Develop policy and governance systems to enable or disable Codex capabilities.
• Develop reliable, observable, and scalable services across identity, configuration, and audit logging.
• Collaborate with product, security, infrastructure, GTM, and customer-facing teams to translate enterprise requirements into durable platform capabilities.
• Define what 'enterprise-grade' means for AI software engineering systems in Codex.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Security & IAM

Python/Go/Java/C++

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a backend-focused engineer for Codex Enterprise to design and operate secure, scalable backend systems that serve large organizations.

You will own end-to-end systems from architecture through production, focusing on identity, access, encryption, policy enforcement, and auditability across the enterprise.

Collaborate with product, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver enterprise-grade AI capabilities at scale.