Software Engineer, Full-Stack

About the team

The Programming Assistant Team is building a next generation of tools for programmers and knowledge workers leveraging our state of the art programming and conversational models. We are looking for an incredibly strong and self directed engineer to fully own the frontend and interface layer between our models and the users. That role will require shipping early, shipping often and iterating a lot on one of the largest scientific advances of our times, where there is no clear prior work involved.

Engineering talent can have an outsized impact at OpenAI at the moment.

About the role

As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will closely collaborate with our world-class research teams to build and deploy powerful AI systems and products that can perform previously impossible tasks and achieve unprecedented levels of performance.

In this role, you will design and develop the interface and backend layer of an assistant for highly sophisticated users to interact with our models. Some say ChatGPT was mostly a UX improvement. How can we make another 10x UX jump? It will be the role of this hire to answer that question. 

Ideally you:

• Have strong web development skills, building both clean UIs and reusable middleware and component systems.
• Have proficiency in TypeScript and React for front-end development
• Have experience building stable/scalable Web APIs and services
• Have Python expertise (including async) and using either Flask or FastAPI.
• Have experience driving large-scale projects in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment
• Like building general frameworks and infrastructure that could be used for many different projects
• Enjoy fast-paced, collaborative, and cutting-edge research environments
• Are interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology (see our Charter for examples of our goals) and care deeply about the impact of ML models on people's lives; how to maximize the benefits and mitigate the possible harms.

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 the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 
 
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.

Compensation, Benefits and Perks

The annual salary range for this role is $200,000 – $370,000. Total compensation also includes generous equity and benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Mental health and wellness support
• 401(k) plan with 4% matching
• Unlimited time off and 18+ company holidays per year
• Paid parental leave (20 weeks) and family-planning support
• Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via accommodation@openai.com.

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