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Backend Engineer, Consumer Devices

OpenAI · San Francisco

$293k - $325k/yrMid levelEngineeringConsumer ProductsConsumer ProductsPosted 6 months ago
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ABOUT THE TEAM The Software Engineering team is responsible for designing and building the scalable, performant, and secure backend systems that power our products - from early prototypes to large-scale deployments. We collaborate closely with product, hardware, and full-stack teams to ensure our infrastructure enables fast iteration while setting a strong foundation for long-term growth. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Backend Engineer, you will design and build services, APIs, and infrastructure that support evolving product needs. You’ll apply a deep understanding of backend systems and maintain enough end-to-end context - from hardware to cloud - to guide technical decisions that best serve the product and team. We’re looking for engineers who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and care deeply about building robust systems that scale. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems. - Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to support evolving product needs. - Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions. YOU MIGHT THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU: - Have 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems. - Have a proven track record of building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale. - Are proficient with Python and Go, and familiar with a range of server-side technologies. - Have a strong grasp of system design, performance optimization, and security best practices. - Can reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure. - (Nice to have) Have experience with distributed systems and cloud architectures. - (Nice to have) Bring a background in instrumentation,

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About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first - ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. 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.

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