Software Engineer, Monetization Data Systems

OpenAI; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI’s Monetization Data Systems team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of the monetization data platform. You will own high-impact platform systems end to end, from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, observability, and ongoing operation.

This hands-on role rewards solving ambiguous problems with durable systems and partnering closely with Product, Data, Finance, Accounting, and GTM to deliver reliable, scalable product

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Proficient in at least one general-purpose language (Go, Java, Python, Rust, C++).
• Strong fundamentals in API design, data modeling, storage systems, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience designing systems with correctness, reliability, security or privacy requirements.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the monetization data platform end to end, from architecture to deployment.
• Own high-impact platform systems, including testing, observability, and ongoing operation.
• Translate customer and business problems into durable, scalable designs for product experiences.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

API design

Data modeling

Observability

Job description

About the Team

The Monetization Data Systems team builds the trusted data and product systems that power how the company develops, measures, and improves monetization products. We bring together product usage, pricing, billing, ads, payments, and financial data to help Product, Engineering, Finance, and GTM teams make better decisions and deliver reliable customer experiences.

We work at the intersection of data engineering, product engineering, platform engineering, Finance, and GTM. Our goal is to turn complex monetization and financial data into accurate, explainable, and timely data products while building systems that scale with the growth and complexity of the business.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the next generation of our monetization data platform. You will own high-impact platform systems end to end, from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, observability, and ongoing operation.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys solving ambiguous customer and business problems, designing durable systems, and partnering closely with Product, Data, Finance, Accounting, and GTM. You will help define technical direction, raise the engineering bar, and turn monetization opportunities into reliable, scalable product experiences and platform capabilities.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Possess a minimum of 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep experience building and operating production software systems, backend services, or distributed systems at scale.
• Are highly proficient in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Go, Java, Python, Rust, or C++, with strong computer science fundamentals.
• Have strong fundamentals in API design, data modeling, storage systems, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.
• Have designed systems with rigorous correctness, reliability, observability, security, privacy, or access-control requirements.
• Can collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify needs, navigate ambiguity, and drive progress from problem definition through delivery.
• Bring a product-oriented mindset and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners, translating customer and business problems into simple, scalable system designs.
• Care deeply about correctness and operational reliability while maintaining a practical bias toward delivering customer and business value.
• Bring a strong sense of engineering excellence, using clear thinking, sound judgment, and a design-before-implementation approach to create maintainable systems.
• Command strong sense of engineering excellence, contribute to a design-before-implementation approach with clear documentation, and knowledge sharing across teams to elevate the broader engineering organization.

Nice to have:

• Experience with monetization, pricing, billing, ads, payments, entitlements, subscriptions, or other financial products.
• Familiarity with financial correctness, reconciliation, compliance, or audit requirements.
• Experience with high-scale distributed systems, transactional workflows, event streaming, or payment infrastructure.
• Experience building internal platforms, shared frameworks, APIs, or developer tooling used by other engineering teams.
• Monetization or finance domain experience is helpful but not required. We value strong software engineering judgment, systems thinking, and the ability to learn a complex …