Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent (2027)
OpenAI · San Francisco
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## About the Team The Applied team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI’s technology to the world. We seek to learn from deployment and broadly distribute the benefits of AI, while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. We aim to make our innovative tools globally accessible, transcending geographic, economic, or platform barriers. Our commitment is to facilitate the use of AI to enhance lives, fostered by rigorous insights into how people use our products. ## About the Role We’re seeking **Software Engineers (Emerging Talent)** to join our **Applied Engineering** team. You’ll work in a highly iterative, collaborative, fast-paced environment to bring our technology to millions of users worldwide—delivered with **safety** and **reliability** in mind. We value engineers who are self-starters, care deeply about the end user experience, and take pride in building products that solve customer needs. ### In this role, you will: - Own the development of new **customer-facing ChatGPT** and **OpenAI API** features and product experiences end-to-end - Talk to users to understand their problems and design solutions to address them - Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations folks - Optimize applications for **speed** and **scale** - Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome ## Your background looks something like: - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience - **0–1 years** of experience in software engineering or a relevant field - Proficiency with **JavaScript** and **React**, plus some backend languages (we use **Python**) - Some experience with relational databases like **Postgres/MySQL** - Interest in **AI/ML** (direct experience not required) - Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined, with competing priorities or deadlines ## About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of AI capabilities and seek to safely deploy them through our products. We are an **equal opportunity employer** and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s EEO policy statement: https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law. ## Privacy & Accommodations - OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy: https://cdn.openai.com/policies/global-employee-and-contractor-privacy-policy.pdf - Reasonable accommodations: https://form.asana.com/?k=bQ7w9h3iexRlicUdWRiwvg&d=57018692298241 ## Job Posting Compliance To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report here: https://form.asana.com/?d=57018692298241&k=5MqR40fZd7jlxVUh5J-UeA No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. --- **Join us in shaping the future of technology.**
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