Senior Backend Engineer: Fraud & Abuse Defense

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer for the Fraud Engineering team to design and develop systems for fraud detection and remediation. The role emphasizes balancing fraud loss and customer experience while utilizing advanced AI technologies.

The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in backend and data systems, along with prior experience in fraud analysis. OpenAI values a diverse workforce and is committed to equal opportunity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in backend and data systems.
• 2+ years experience in fraud or abuse analysis, investigation, and/or operations.
• Strong intuition for suggestions that will strengthen engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems for fraud detection and remediation.
• Work with teams to combat fraudulent and abusive actors.
• Utilize GPT-5 and future models to combat fraud and abuse.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Fraud analysis

Backend systems

Data systems

Machine Learning techniques

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure

Python

Postgres

Kafka

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer for the Fraud Engineering team to design and develop systems for fraud detection and remediation. The role emphasizes balancing fraud loss and customer experience while utilizing advanced AI technologies.

The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in backend and data systems, along with prior experience in fraud analysis. OpenAI values a diverse workforce and is committed to equal opportunity.