Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 293,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 9+ yearsSkills: ["Product judgment","Developer empathy","Operational excellence","Communication","Attention to detail"]

Build and scale OpenAI’s API Enterprise Controls platform capabilities end to end, focusing on authentication and identity, service accounts and key management, secure networking, compliance, observability, and operational workflows. Design developer-facing APIs and system behaviors with safe defaults, robust auditing, and reliable error handling. Lead cross-functional initiatives and operate highly reliable backend systems across databases, streaming infrastructure, request routing, and distributed services.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
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Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls

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Job Summary

Build and scale OpenAI’s API Enterprise Controls platform capabilities end to end, focusing on authentication and identity, service accounts and key management, secure networking, compliance, observability, and operational workflows. Design developer-facing APIs and system behaviors with safe defaults, robust auditing, and reliable error handling. Lead cross-functional initiatives and operate highly reliable backend systems across databases, streaming infrastructure, request routing, and distributed services.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own backend product capabilities end to end across authentication and identity, service accounts and key controls, secure networking, compliance, observability, and operational workflows.
  • •Partner with Product, go-to-market, security, infrastructure teams, and sophisticated customers to identify needs, shape the roadmap, and lead cross-functional projects from design through launch.
  • •Design developer-facing APIs, system behavior, configuration, error handling, safe defaults, auditing, and notifications with strong focus on developer experience.
  • •Build, operate, and debug highly reliable backend systems spanning databases, streaming infrastructure, request routing, and distributed services with operational ownership.
  • •Lead large cross-functional initiatives and take ambiguous needs from discovery through design, launch, and iteration.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 385,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •9+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant backend, platform, or product-driven roles.
  • •Strong backend engineering depth with product judgment and a track record of shipping API or platform capabilities.
  • •Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives and aligning engineering, Product, go-to-market, security, and infrastructure partners.
  • •Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript, with strong systems fundamentals.
  • •Experience with distributed systems including databases, streaming systems, request routing, authentication and identity, networking, or enterprise platform controls.
Experience:9+ yearsPlatform engineeringBackend systemsDistributed systemsAPIEnterprise software
Skills:Product judgmentDeveloper empathyOperational excellenceCommunicationAttention to detail
Tech Stack:PythonGoRustTypeScript

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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