Senior Backend Engineer - Financial Billing Systems

OpenAI; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an experienced software engineer to architect and build the next generation of production backend and distributed systems powering our AI products. You will own ambiguous, business-critical problems from definition through launch and ongoing operation, with a product-focused mindset and emphasis on reliability, security, and data integrity.

The role emphasizes API design, data modeling, storage systems, and event-driven architectures in a fast-growing financial

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend, platform, or distributed systems.
• Have strong fundamentals in API design, data modeling, storage systems, transactional workflows, and event-driven architecture.
• Have experience building systems where correctness, reliability, observability, security, or data integrity are especially important.
• Are comfortable owning ambiguous, business-critical problems from initial definition through launch and long-term operation.
• Bring a product-oriented mindset and care about

Skills

API design

Data modeling

Storage systems

Transactional workflows

Event-driven architecture

Reliability/Observability

Job description

OpenAI is seeking an experienced software engineer to architect and build the next generation of production backend and distributed systems powering our AI products. You will own ambiguous, business-critical problems from definition through launch and ongoing operation, with a product-focused mindset and emphasis on reliability, security, and data integrity.

The role emphasizes API design, data modeling, storage systems, and event-driven architectures in a fast-growing financial