OpenAI · 18 hours ago
iOS Engineer, Monetization
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to build core mobile monetization experiences, focusing on user account management, payment services, and ensuring secure interactions within their mobile applications. This role involves defining architecture and frameworks to support high-quality iOS systems in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)SaaSAgentic AIFoundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Build and ship new monetization experiences on iOS, including purchase flows, subscription/plan management, and monetization-adjacent surfaces that showcase the power of AI
Design and maintain shared iOS frameworks and primitives for account, trust, and commerce flows used across OpenAI’s mobile apps (e.g., identity, entitlements, payments, policy-aware UX)
Own complex client-side systems spanning UI, networking, local state, observability, and Apple platform integrations (StoreKit, Sign in with Apple, device security primitives, etc.)
Optimize performance, reliability, and responsiveness for global-scale usage, including robust offline/poor-network handling and safe rollout strategies
Establish and evolve testing frameworks (unit, integration, snapshot/UI, and end-to-end) and refine architecture for long-term maintainability
Collaborate deeply with Product, Design, Research, and backend teams to translate ambiguous goals into durable systems and delightful experiences
Help uphold the highest levels of safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance across monetization experiences
Provide technical leadership through architectural reviews, mentoring, and setting engineering standards across iOS monetization foundations
Qualification
Required
4+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant iOS ownership
A proven track record shipping high-quality iOS apps in production for business-critical, reliability-sensitive systems
Fluent in Swift and experienced with Apple's ecosystem (Xcode, UIKit, SwiftUI); able to choose the right tool for the job and evolve codebases pragmatically
Owned complex mobile systems end-to-end (architecture, delivery, instrumentation, quality, and operations)
Care deeply about performance, security, privacy, and user experience, especially in flows involving identity and payments
Thrive in 0→1 environments where systems, architecture, and user experiences must be defined from scratch
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)
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
Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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