Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

What this role involves

OpenAI is hiring a Backend Software Engineer for the Applied Foundations team to design and build scalable backend systems and APIs that power core products like ChatGPT and Codex. The role involves driving performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust infrastructure.

Skills this posting asks for

• go
• python
• rust
• c++
• distributed systems
• apis
• data pipelines
• backend services
• scalable systems
• performance
• reliability
• safety
• infrastructure
• identity and access
• payments and commerce
• adversarial attack mitigation
• technical design reviews
• cross-functional collaboration

From the employer’s posting

About the Team OpenAI’s Applications Engineering organization builds and operates the products (such as ChatGPT & Codex) that bring our cutting-edge research to millions of users and developers worldwide. The Applied Foundations team owns the core product and platform layers that make those exper…