Android Engineer, Monetization

Location

Seattle, San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Applied AI

Compensation

• $325K – $385K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA , and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays , and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge , plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked , or more , as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices , and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits , such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends , may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process. This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance , team or company results , or market conditions.

About the Team

The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group working across engineering , product , research , and design to build the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence responsibly . Our mission is to develop user-first , privacy-preserving monetization products , including next-generation ads experiences that strengthen user trust , unlock economic opportunity , and support OpenAI’s long-term innovation. Monetization plays a critical role in enabling OpenAI to continue pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities while ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared . We believe monetization must be aligned with user value , uphold rigorous privacy and safety standards , and sustain a healthy ecosystem of developers and businesses. This team operates in a greenfield environment and moves quickly through prototyping , experimentation , and iterative deployment . We partner closely with Product , Design , and Research to bring research breakthroughs into real-world systems at global scale.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer on OpenAI’s Applied team to build the core mobile experiences that power how users sign up , manage their account , use family features , pay for services , stay safe , and interact with OpenAI’s products with confidence. This role is about building high-quality products and reusable Android foundations that product teams across OpenAI apps depend on to ship quickly while meeting the highest standards for security , reliability , privacy , and user trust . You’ll own complex client-side systems spanning UI , networking , local state , payments , and Android platform integrations ,and you’ll work closely with backend , product ,and safety partners to shape the architecture that supports OpenAI’s mobile ecosystem at global scale.

In this role,you will

• Build and ship monetization experiences on Android (e.g., plan selection,purchase flows subscription management entitlements,and policy-aware UX patterns).
• Designand maintain shared Android frameworksand primitivesfor account trust,and commerce flows used across OpenAI’s mobile apps(auth/session entitlements checkout abstractions safety gates etc.).
• Own complex Android systems end-to-end across UI architecture networking local persistence/state observability,and release processes.
• Build robust integrations with Android platformand ecosystem components(e.g.,Google Play Billing authentication device security signals deep links push).
• Optimize performance reliability,and responsiveness at global scale(startup time rendering network resiliency battery crash-free sessions).
• Establishand evolve testingand quality systems(unit/integration/UI tests CI reliability automated regression release validation).
• Collaboratewith Product Design Research backend,and Safetyto deliver features that meet OpenAI’s highest standardsfor safety privacy fairness,and policy compliance.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews mentoring,and setting engineering standards across the Android foundations surface.

You might thrive in this role if you

• Have4+ years of professional software engineering experiencewith meaningful Android ownership.
• Have a track record of buildingand shipping high-quality Android applicationsin production(especiallyfor reliability-and trust-sensitive flows like identityand payments).
• Are fluent in Kotlinand comfortablewith Android toolingand architecture(Gradle Android Studio modern app architecture patterns Jetpack Compose).
• Enjoy making pragmatic architectural tradeoffswhile keeping systems maintainable testable,and scalable.
• Care deeply about performance security privacy,and user experience,and you bring a high barfor polish.
• Thrive in0→1 environmentswhere systems architecture,and user experiences must be defined from scratch.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI researchand deployment company dedicatedto ensuringthat general-purpose artificial intelligence benefitsall of humanity.We pushthe boundariesof the capabilitiesof AI systemsand seekto safely deploy themto the worldthrough our products.AI isan extremely powerful toolthat must be createdwith safetyand human needsat its core,andto achieveour mission,we must encompassand value themany different perspectives voices,and experiences that formthe full spectrumof humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer,and we do not discriminateon the basisof race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability genetic informationor other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information please seeOpenAI’s Affirmative Action And Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. Background checksfor applicantswill be administeredin accordancewith applicable law,and qualified applicantswith arrestor conviction recordswill be consideredfor employmentconsistentwith those lawsincludingThe San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance The Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance For Employers And The California Fair Chance Act For US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct adverse And negative relationship With The Following Job Duties potentially resulting in The Withdrawal Of A Conditional Offer Of Employment: protect computer hardware entrusted To You From Theft Loss Or Damage; return all computer hardware In Your Possession(including The Data Contained Therein) Upon Termination Of Employment Or End Of Assignment; And Maintain The Confidentiality Of Proprietary Confidential And Non-public Information. In addition job duties require access To Secure And Protected Information Technology Systems And Related Data Security Obligations. To notify OpenAI That You Believe This Job Posting Is Non-compliant Please Submit A Report Through This Form No Response Will Be Provided To Inquiries Unrelated To Job Posting Compliance. We are committed To Providing Reasonable Accommodations To Applicants With Disabilities And Requests Can Be Made Via This Link. OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy At OpenAI we believe artificial intelligence has The Potential To Help People Solve Immense Global Challenges And We Want The Upside Of AI To Be Widely Shared Join Us In Shaping The Future Of Technology. Compensation Range: $325K - $385K