Backend Software Engineer, OpenAI
Growth
$160-385k
AI research and development platform
Job no longer available
AI research and development platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$160-385k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Role
Who you are
- You might thrive in this role if you:
- Shipped features to power experiences that optimize the user funnel, such as landing pages, product pages, purchase flows, search flows, etc
- Are highly analytical and have experience designing and implementing A/B tests, with a scientific approach to data-based experiments. You know exactly what and how to track business metrics and KPIs, and aren’t afraid to dive deep into data to earn the insights
- Have a voracious and intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills. An equally strong talent for sharing that information clearly and concisely with others
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions. You view changes as an opportunity to add structure and order when necessary
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced backend engineer to join our new ChatGPT Growth team to spearhead high-impact projects that amplify the user base of ChatGPT and Plus Subscribers
- Your role will include projects such as optimizing account access, notifications, SEO, fostering value discovery, and virality
- As we are in the nascent stages of growth at OpenAI, we will rely on you to discover pivotal areas where strategic bets or incremental efforts can catalyze significant impact
- We value engineers who are impact-driven, autonomous, adept at discerning crucial insights from experimental results, and have a strong intuition for how to remove barriers to unlocking the magic of ChatGPT
- Drive long-term growth of ChatGPT through a combination of data analysis, product ideation, and experimentation to optimize product experiences
- Partner with iOS, Android, and fullstack engineers to
- Plan and deploy backend systems necessary to power these product experiences
- Execute on projects by working closely with research, product, design, data science and other members of product teams to land impact on product goals
- Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group-think
Our take
OpenAI aims to research and deploy AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) that is safe, controllable and beneficial to all of humanity. The company began its mission by developing an API that can solve language-based tasks, such as answering written questions or pulling up relevant documents based on a query.
Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, which gained more than 1 million users in its first 5 days and is already worth billions, OpenAI announced a paid version named ChatGPT Plus which will be launched in the US first.
It is worth noting that OpenAI is not without controversy. Its products have sparked conversations regarding the morals and implications of AI tools, and recent investigations have uncovered misalignments between the company's public commitments and its alleged operations behind closed doors.
Whilst AI applications can be found in a vast variety of tech startups, this generally consists of the automation of algorithmic tasks such as data analysis and organization. OpenAI’s approach to designing true human-like artificial intelligence is futuristic, but with support from its high-profile partners (such as Microsoft), an annualised revenue reported at $ 2 billion in 2023, and the clear success of its products have the company well set to continue bringing advanced AI to the public.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Feb 2026
$110bn
LATE VC
Dec 2025
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $179.9bn
Company benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
- Mental healthcare service
- Fertility treatment coverage
- 401(k) with generous matching
- 20-week paid parental leave
- Life insurance (complimentary)
- AD&D insurance (complimentary)
- Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
- Optional buy-up life insurance
- Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
- Annual learning & development stipend
- Regular team happy hours and outings
- Daily catered lunch and dinner
- Travel to domestic conferences
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sam Altman
(CEO)Former Y Combinator President & Chairman.
Ilya Sutskever
(Chief Scientist)Initially served as the company's Research Director, then became Chief Scientist in 2018. Co-founded DNNResearch and previously worked at Google as a Research Scientist.
Greg Brockman
(President & Chairman)Previously served as CTO of the company. Founding Engineer and former CTO of Stripe.
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