Principal Software Engineer, B2B Engineering

🕒 April 1

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $385k - $490k / year

⏰ Full Time

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OpenAI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

OpenAI is a leading research organization and company dedicated to creating advanced artificial intelligence technology, with a strong emphasis on safety and ethical considerations. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI products like ChatGPT, which can assist users with tasks ranging from everyday requests to complex enterprise solutions. OpenAI also provides an API platform that integrates its AI models into various applications. The company is focused on innovation in AI and improving data analysis capabilities, while emphasizing safety and ethical governance of their systems.

📋 Description

• 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, infrastructure, and forward-deployed engineering teams to bring new capabilities into production • Drive technical direction across complex problem spaces, making sound architectural tradeoffs that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability • Improve engineering velocity by building internal tooling, platform abstractions, and systems that increase leverage across the broader organization • Raise the bar for engineering quality, system design, operational excellence, and technical decision-making across teams • Help identify and solve ambiguous, high-impact technical problems that cut across multiple systems and stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Have significant experience building, scaling, and evolving production backend systems in fast-moving environments • Bring deep expertise in software engineering fundamentals, distributed systems, and API design • Are proficient in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript • Have a track record of leading complex technical initiatives and driving architecture across teams or critical product areas • Care deeply about reliability, safety, security, and performance in production environments • Have strong product instincts and a high bar for developer experience and interface design • Are comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and can create clarity where little exists • Own problems end-to-end and are eager to learn whatever is needed to solve them • Build thoughtfully, move with urgency, and collaborate effectively across disciplines • Influence technical direction through strong judgment, clear communication, and consistently high-quality execution • Have experience as a founder or early engineer at a startup, or have built products and platforms from scratch

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law) • Mental health and wellness support • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible • Relocation support for eligible employees • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.