Software Engineer, Privacy-Preserving Ad Measurement

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to build measurement systems that connect ad interactions to advertiser outcomes while protecting user privacy. You will design infrastructure for conversion signals, attribution, reporting, and feedback loops across OpenAI’s ads products.

The role suits engineers who have built large‑scale ads measurement, data, experimentation, or distributed systems and want to contribute in a 0→1 environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience building and operating large‑scale distributed data or backend systems.
• Experience in ads measurement, attribution, analytics, marketplaces, experimentation, or adjacent domains.
• Understanding conversion‑event pipelines, attribution, deduplication, identity and matching, reporting or downstream optimization signals.
• Experience designing privacy‑safe measurement systems and handling data properly.

Responsibilities

• Design and build measurement infrastructure connecting ad interactions to advertiser outcomes.
• Develop privacy‑preserving identity, matching, aggregation, and reporting systems.
• Create data‑quality systems to detect missing, duplicate, or misconfigured signals.
• Build advertiser reporting and diagnostics for conversions, CPA, ROAS, and measurement health.
• Collaborate with Ads ML for trustworthy conversion labels and feedback loops.
• Define technical strategy and roadmap for conversion measurement across OpenAI’s ads stack.

Skills

Distributed systems

Ads measurement

Data pipelines

Privacy‑preserving practices

Attribution concepts

Job description

OpenAI is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to build measurement systems that connect ad interactions to advertiser outcomes while protecting user privacy. You will design infrastructure for conversion signals, attribution, reporting, and feedback loops across OpenAI’s ads products.

The role suits engineers who have built large‑scale ads measurement, data, experimentation, or distributed systems and want to contribute in a 0→1 environment.