Principal Software Engineer, B2B Engineering
OpenAI · Remote - US
About this role
ABOUT THE TEAM OpenAI’s B2B Engineering team brings our most capable technology to the world through our developer platform and enterprise products. We build the backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure that power how developers and organizations use OpenAI in production. Our work spans distributed systems, data infrastructure, platform services, and enterprise-grade capabilities like security, compliance, authentication, and reliability. We partner closely with product, research, design, infrastructure, and forward-deployed teams to turn cutting-edge AI capabilities into scalable, dependable products. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design and scale the systems that power our developer and enterprise-facing products. You’ll lead the architecture of backend services and platform capabilities that bring new AI functionality into production safely, reliably, and at global scale. This role spans a broad technical surface area, including distributed systems, APIs, databases, data pipelines, and secure enterprise infrastructure. You’ll help shape both the technical foundation and the product experience of our platform, with a high bar for performance, safety, reliability, and API design. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL - Design, build, and scale the backend services, APIs, and infrastructure that power OpenAI’s developer and enterprise products - Lead the architecture of distributed systems, databases, and data pipelines that support large-scale, high-reliability production workloads - Own major platform capabilities end-to-end, from early technical strategy and design through implementation, launch, and long-term operation - Shape the design of our APIs with care and intentionality, treating API interfaces as core product surfaces and driving a high-quality developer experience - Build secure, reliable, and compliant systems that meet the needs of both enterprise and developer use cases - Partner closely with product, research, design, infrastr
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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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