Incubation Full-Stack Engineer — AI Prototyping & Launch

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer for the Incubation team to imagine, prototype, and build new product experiences within the OpenAI ecosystem. You’ll work across the stack, collaborate with researchers, designers, and product partners, and ship production-ready prototypes on top of high-scale platforms powering ChatGPT and the OpenAI API.

We value engineers who thrive in small teams, embrace ambiguity, and translate one-sentence ideas into shipped products.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Built and shipped full-stack apps end-to-end in fast-moving environments.
• Fluent across multiple programming languages and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and iterate quickly on new product ideas across the full stack.
• Turn concepts into functional demos and ship code early with real-world feedback.
• Validate ideas through experiments and scale strongest concepts to production.
• Collaborate with research, product, design, data science, and engineering partners to drive impact.
• Learn from experienced engineers and contribute to technical strategy and direction.
• Foster a high-trust, inclusive, and candid team culture.

Skills

Full-stack development

Multiple programming languages

Frontend development

Backend development

Tools

React

Node.js

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer for the Incubation team to imagine, prototype, and build new product experiences within the OpenAI ecosystem. You’ll work across the stack, collaborate with researchers, designers, and product partners, and ship production-ready prototypes on top of high-scale platforms powering ChatGPT and the OpenAI API.

We value engineers who thrive in small teams, embrace ambiguity, and translate one-sentence ideas into shipped products.