Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT Engineering
OpenAISan Francisco, California, United States • New York, New York, United States • Seattle, Washington, United States
Posted February 3, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Job Description
We're hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement the services and infrastructure powering ChatGPT. Core responsibilities include architecting, building, and improving scalable backend systems and APIs, driving performance, reliability, and security across distributed services, and working closely with product, data science, and frontend teams.
Requirements
- Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++)
- Ability to build resilient services that handle large scale and complexity
- Passion for system design, reliability, and operational excellence