OpenAI · 1 day ago
Software Engineer, Monetization Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$255K/yr - $405K/yr
10+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to help build the core infrastructure behind OpenAI’s monetization and ads systems, focusing on reliability, performance, privacy, and large-scale operation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design and build the foundational backend and infrastructure powering OpenAI’s monetization and ads systems
Architect large-scale distributed systems that meet strict requirements for reliability, privacy, security, and performance
Develop APIs, infrastructure services, and internal platforms that support ads creation, delivery, measurement, and optimization
Work closely with Product, Research, and Design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
Drive 0→1 infra development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative improvements
Contribute to the long-term technical strategy and roadmap for the monetization infra stack
Ensure high engineering rigor through excellent testing, documentation, observability, and operational best practices
Build for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy alignment from first principles
Collaborate across engineering orgs to ensure the infra layer is flexible, performant, and resilient
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
Experience designing mission-critical systems with demanding reliability, performance, and correctness requirements
Think in systems—architecture, data flows, operational concerns, observability, and long-term maintainability
Comfortable defining technical direction in ambiguous 0→1 environments
Enjoy working cross-functionally to shape product requirements and system capabilities
Communicate clearly, reason holistically, and make decisions grounded in user needs and long-term system health
Preferred
Experience in ads systems, marketplaces, AI/ML infra, or other monetization-intensive domains
Benefits
Relocation assistance
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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