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Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI · San Francisco · Mountain View

CHECKED 23H AGO

Frontier labremote$266k–$445k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build core platform layers powering ChatGPT and Codex for millions worldwide.
  • Architect scalable backend systems and APIs with focus on safety and trust.
  • Design defenses that mitigate adversarial attacks without hurting UX.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

A self-directed backend builder who owns problems end-to-end and thrives on resilient, large-scale systems. Humble, collaborative, and motivated by safe, trusted products used by millions.

Requirements

  • Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++)
  • Experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines
  • Experience building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity

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
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