Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent (2027)

The role

Software Engineers will own the end-to-end development of new customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize applications for speed and scale.

What you will do

• Own the development of new customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features and product experiences end-to-end
• Talk to users to understand their problems and design solutions to address them
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations folks to create cutting-edge products
• Optimize applications for speed and scale
• Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 0-1 years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
• Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and some backend languages (we use Python)
• Some experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines

Nice to have

• Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Applied team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI’s technology to the world.