Engineering Manager, Model Flywheel

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 293,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Leadership","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Lead teams that turn ChatGPT model advancements into reliable, scalable experiences. Drive model experimentation, deployment automation (including capacity management and health monitoring), and end-to-end measurement systems using evals and user feedback. Elevate ChatGPT harness, context management, and system prompt frameworks, partnering across teams like Research, Codex, Fleet, Inference, and API to improve multi-tier model experiences.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
2 months ago

Engineering Manager, Model Flywheel

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Job Summary

Lead teams that turn ChatGPT model advancements into reliable, scalable experiences. Drive model experimentation, deployment automation (including capacity management and health monitoring), and end-to-end measurement systems using evals and user feedback. Elevate ChatGPT harness, context management, and system prompt frameworks, partnering across teams like Research, Codex, Fleet, Inference, and API to improve multi-tier model experiences.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Elevate and consolidate ChatGPT’s harness, context management, and system prompt frameworks.
  • •Drive expansion and improvement of multi-tier model experiences.
  • •Support and scale self-serve experiment capabilities and automated guardrails.
  • •Lead model rollout automation, capacity management, and health monitoring.
  • •Shape end-to-end measurement systems including evals, grader signals, and user feedback.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 385,000 annually
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience leading engineering teams in complex, cross-functional environments.
  • •Demonstrated success shipping production systems at scale (ideally for AI or large backend services).
  • •Deep understanding of model-driven product development, deployment lifecycle, and measurement tooling.
  • •Excellent communication and collaboration skills, interfacing directly with engineering, research, and product stakeholders.
  • •Prior involvement with large language models, distributed infrastructure, or experimentation platforms is a plus.
Experience:AILarge backend servicesLarge language modelsDistributed infrastructureExperimentation platformsModel-driven product development
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationLeadershipCross-functional collaboration

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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Glassdoor: 4.4
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