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OpenAI

Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls

San Francisco$293k–$385kfulltimemidAdded yesterday

About this role

Join OpenAI's API Infrastructure team to design and ship enterprise-grade backend systems for authentication, identity management, compliance, and operational controls that enable developers and enterprises to safely adopt the OpenAI API at scale.

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end backend capabilities for authentication, service accounts, key management, secure networking, compliance, and observability
  • Partner with Product, security, infrastructure, and go-to-market teams to identify requirements and drive large cross-functional initiatives
  • Design developer-facing APIs, system behavior, error handling, and audit trails with meticulous attention to user experience
  • Build and operate highly reliable distributed systems spanning databases, streaming infrastructure, request routing, and microservices
  • Lead projects from ambiguous customer needs through design, launch, and iteration with direct user engagement
  • Drive decisions on reliability standards, operational excellence, and system simplicity

What they're looking for

  • Backend engineering (Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or similar)
  • Distributed systems design and implementation
  • Database and streaming infrastructure
  • Authentication and identity systems
  • API design and developer experience
  • Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment
  • Systems reliability and operational excellence
  • Enterprise platform and security controls
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OpenAI

OpenAI builds AI infrastructure and products, including large-scale data center campuses for AI computing and generative AI applications for enterprise customers. The company is hiring civil engineers, project engineers, electrical design engineers, data center R&D engineers, and AI deployment engineers to expand its infrastructure capabilities and help customers deploy AI solutions.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe a time you led a large cross-functional project involving product, engineering, and go-to-market teams—how did you align competing priorities?
  • Tell us about your experience designing APIs that enterprise customers depend on; how did you balance security, usability, and operational concerns?
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