OpenAI
Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent (2027)
About this role
OpenAI seeks early-career Software Engineers to develop customer-facing features for ChatGPT and the OpenAI API. You'll work across a cross-functional team in a fast-paced environment, owning projects end-to-end while learning directly from user needs and ensuring responsible AI deployment.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end development of new ChatGPT and OpenAI API features and product experiences
- Gather user feedback and translate customer problems into product solutions
- Collaborate with engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations teams
- Optimize applications for performance and scalability
- Contribute to building an inclusive and welcoming team culture
What they're looking for
- JavaScript and React
- Backend development (Python preferred)
- Relational databases (Postgres/MySQL)
- Full-stack web development
- Problem-solving and rapid iteration
- Cross-functional collaboration
- User-focused product thinking
- Ability to work in loosely-defined, fast-moving environments
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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.
View all jobs at OpenAILikely interview questions
- Walk us through a project where you built a full-stack feature from concept to deployment—what was your role and how did you approach it?
- Describe your experience with React and JavaScript. Have you built anything that required performance optimization?