Applied AI Engineer, Startups
OpenAI · San Francisco · New York City
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Frontier labonsitesenior$211k–$278k
At a glance
Highlights
- Guide top AI startups from ideation to scale on OpenAI's platform.
- Prototype novel GenAI apps alongside founders and push them to production.
- Shape future models by channeling startup feedback to Product and Research.
What they offer
- Equity
- Relocation assistance
Ideal candidate
A startup-minded builder who loves partnering with founders, owning ambiguous problems end-to-end, and turning cutting-edge AI into real-world impact at scale.
Requirements
- 5+ years as software engineer, ML engineer or equivalent, ideally in startups
- Proficient in Python, JavaScript and AI/LLM best practices
- Experience building and delivering prototypes on OpenAI API platform
- Ability to identify opportunities to maximize customer business value via API
- End-to-end ownership with ability to drive multiple concurrent projects
- remote policy
- Hybrid - 3 days in office per week
Lab profile
About OpenAI
Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.
What they build
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI API
- Frontier AI models
Known for
- Frontier-scale distributed ML training
- Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
- Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
- AI alignment and safety research
Key facts
- Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets