Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Emerging Products

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 295,000 - 445,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a senior, product-minded full-stack software engineer to own ambiguous 0-to-1 work from idea through prototype, validation, and handoff. This role emphasizes frontend and product focus, building interfaces and backend systems to test new experiences quickly and scale successful concepts.

You will ship high-quality product experiments across the full stack, turn ambiguous needs into testable concepts using research and metrics, own technical direction for 0-to-1

Qualifications

• Experience shipping end-to-end products in fast-moving environments.
• Strong frontend skills and backend depth for scale.
• Ability to turn ambiguous ideas into testable concepts using data.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality product experiments across the full stack.
• Turn ambiguous user needs and emerging capabilities into testable concepts with research and metrics.
• Own technical direction for 0-to-1 projects, balancing speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with design, product, research, and engineering teams to launch and transition experiments.

Skills

Full-stack development

Frontend engineering

Backend systems

Autonomy

Product intuition

Job description

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a senior, product-minded full-stack software engineer to own ambiguous 0-to-1 work from idea through prototype, validation, and handoff. This role emphasizes frontend and product focus, building interfaces and backend systems to test new experiences quickly and scale successful concepts.

You will ship high-quality product experiments across the full stack, turn ambiguous needs into testable concepts using research and metrics, own technical direction for 0-to-1