Full-Stack Software Engineer, Life Sciences & AI

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 347,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI Life Sciences team is seeking experienced full-stack product engineers with strong backend skills to join our growing group. This individual contributor role offers substantial ownership to define products, design systems, and ship experiences connecting scientists with AI capabilities and lab workflows.

You will work across the stack with researchers, scientists, and infrastructure engineers to turn complex needs into reliable, intuitive software, balancing speed, quality, and

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with depth in backend development.
• Proven ability to ship and operate products used by large user bases.
• Good product sense and ability to translate ambiguous needs into useful software.

Responsibilities

• Design backend services, APIs, and integrations that connect users with models, scientific tools, and laboratory services.
• Create intuitive interfaces that help scientists navigate complex workflows.
• Own projects from problem definition and technical design through launch, operation, and iteration.
• Work with scientific and research partners to identify user needs and prioritize valuable product improvements.
• Partner with dedicated infrastructure engineers on performance, reliability, and scaling.
• Make thoughtful engineering decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.

Skills

Backend development

Full-stack capabilities

Engineering fundamentals

Product sense

Job description

OpenAI Life Sciences team is seeking experienced full-stack product engineers with strong backend skills to join our growing group. This individual contributor role offers substantial ownership to define products, design systems, and ship experiences connecting scientists with AI capabilities and lab workflows.

You will work across the stack with researchers, scientists, and infrastructure engineers to turn complex needs into reliable, intuitive software, balancing speed, quality, and