Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent (2027)

OpenAI; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking Software Engineers (Emerging Talent) to join our Applied Engineering team. You will contribute to the development of customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features, delivering experiences at scale for millions of users worldwide.

Work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you talk to users to understand problems and design practical solutions, partnering with engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations to ship reliable products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0-1 years of software engineering experience or related field.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and Python; familiarity with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end development of customer-facing ChatGPT and API features.
• Talk to users to understand problems and design solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations to ship products.
• Optimize applications for speed and scale.
• Foster a diverse and inclusive culture.

Skills

JavaScript

React

Python

AI/ML interest

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Postgres

MySQL

Job description

About the Team

The Applied team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI's technology to the world. We seek to learn from deployment and broadly distribute the benefits of AI, while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. We aim to make our innovative tools globally accessible, transcending geographic, economic, or platform barriers. Our commitment is to facilitate the use of AI to enhance lives, fostered by rigorous insights into how people use our products.

About the Role

We are seeking Software Engineers (Emerging Talent) to join our Applied Engineering team. You'll work in a highly iterative, collaborative, fast-paced environment to bring our technology to millions of users around the world, and ensure it's delivered with safety and reliability in mind. We value engineers who are self-starters, care deeply about the end user experience, and take pride in building products to solve customer needs.

In this role, you will:

• Own the development of new customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features and product experiences end-to-end
• Talk to users to understand their problems and design solutions to address them
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations folks to create cutting-edge products
• Optimize applications for speed and scale
• Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome.

Your background looks something like:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 0-1 years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
• Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and some backend languages (we use Python)
• Some experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
• Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)
• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadl