Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Applied AI

Compensation

• $230K – $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.

OverviewApplication

About the Team The GTM (Go-To-Market) Innovation team is an internal powerhouse revolutionizing how we engage customers through groundbreaking applications of our technology. As an incubator, we amplify the impact of Sales, Technical Success, Enablement, and Revenue Operations by deploying our technology at scale. This team applies advanced capabilities to real-world interactions — reshaping conversations with customers, learning from every exchange, and finding novel ways to show the value of our technology. About the Role We’re looking for backend software engineers with a product mindset to join the GTM Innovation team. You’ll help OpenAI meet the world at scale. You’ll partner closely with go-to-market teams to understand their workflows, identify leverage points, and ship novel solutions using OpenAI’s API platform. You’ll move quickly from prototype to production, and your work will directly shape how customers experience our technology in the field. This role is ideal for engineers who want to be close to users, own end-to-end outcomes, and help define entirely new categories of enterprise software. In this role, you will:

• Build high-impact applications and tools that accelerate OpenAI’s go-to-market efforts
• Work across the full product lifecycle for GTM: prototype, iterate, ship, and maintain
• Embed with Sales, Technical Success, and Revenue Operations to identify user needs and build for them
• Apply OpenAI’s models in novel ways to solve real-world customer and internal workflow problems
• Translate learnings into feedback for Applied and Research teams to inform product development

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Have 4+ years of experience as a software/ML/product engineer working on user-facing systems
• Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who built a product from scratch is a plus
• Are fluent in Python or JavaScript and comfortable building full-stack applications
• Have built or prototyped LLM-powered workflows using the OpenAI API (or similar)
• Take initiative, move quickly,and operate with a strong sense of ownership
• Enjoy working closely with end usersand shaping0→1 products
• Are collaborative ,curious ,and motivatedto make an outsized impactat the frontierof AI

About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI researchand deploymentcompany dedicatedto ensuringthat general-purpose artificial intelligence benefitsall of humanity.We pushthe boundariesof the capabilitiesof AI systemsand seekto safely deploythemto the worldthroughour products.AI isan extremely powerful toolthat mustbe createdwith safetyand human needsat its core,andto achieveour mission,we mustencompassand value themany different perspectives ,voices ,and experiencesthat 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,disa bility ,genetic information ,or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information ,please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Actionand Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. Background checksfor applicantswill be administeredin accordancewith applicable law,and qualified applicantswith arrestor conviction recordswill be consideredfor employmentconsistentwith those laws ,includingthe San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance,the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinancefor Employers,andthe California Fair Chance Act ,for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct ,adverseand negative relationshipwiththe following job duties,potentially resulting inthe withdrawalof a conditional offerof employment: protect computer hardware entrustedto you from theft ,lossor damage; return all computer hardware in your possession(includingthe data contained therein) upon terminationof employmentor endof assignment;and maintainthe confidentialityof proprietary ,confidential,and non-public information.In addition ,job duties require access tos ecureand protected information technology systemsand 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 providedto inquiries unrelatedto job posting compliance. We are committedto providing reasonable accommodations to applicantswith disabilities,and requests can be made via this link. OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy At OpenAI,we believe artificial intelligence has the potentialto help people solve immense global challenges,and we wantthe upsideof AIto be widely shared.Join usin shapingthe futureof technology. Compensation Range: $230K - $385K