# Software Engineer, API SDK

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $293k – $385k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, Node.js, Go, Java, Ruby, Sdk Development, API Design, Open Source, Developer Experience, Documentation
**Posted:** 2026-05-22

> Build and maintain OpenAI's official SDKs across Python, Node.js, Go, Java, and Ruby. Shape developer experience for new API features and drive SDK strategy and automation.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and implement the SDK experience for all new API features, as well as all future versions of our API
- Build and maintain our systems to make SDK maintenance and generation streamlined and automated
- Contribute to our SDK strategy and roadmap, including which languages to support and what features to support
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our SDKs the best in the world
- Work directly with developers adding features, fixing issues, and contributing to documentation

## Requirements
- 7+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
- Love building for other developers, and thrive on feedback from opinionated users
- Thrive working in the open source community, and love engaging directly with developers
- Can thrive and operate independently in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and goals
- An engineer at heart, but willing to lean into product decisions
- Previous experience maintaining SDKs or building SDK generation software (nice to have)

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