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Backend Software Engineer, API Multicloud

293k – 385kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringHybrid7+ YOE
Summary

Backend engineer building and extending OpenAI's API platform into cloud-native environments like AWS, creating cloud-contained developer products and agentic infrastructure. Requires 7+ years experience and proficiency in backend languages and distributed systems.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build backend and infrastructure systems that extend OpenAI’s API platform into cloud-native environments, like AWS
  • Design and ship cloud-contained products that allow customers to use OpenAI capabilities while keeping workloads and data within cloud environments
  • Help stand up cloud-hosted Codex experiences powered by the OpenAI Responses API
  • Build the infrastructure and runtime abstractions for a stateful, cloud-optimized agentic platform
  • Partner closely with external cloud partners as well as internal teams across Codex, Research, and Safety Systems to translate emerging capabilities into production-ready systems
  • Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and operational maturity of the services underpinning these products
  • Help shape the technical direction of a new and growing team as it scales from an early core group into a larger engineering organization

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
  • Proficient in one or more backend languages (e.g., Python, Go, Rust, Typescript or similar) and distributed systems concepts
  • Experience building developer tools, especially AI-powered tools
  • Excellent technical communication and the ability to shape architectures that support different deployment models
  • Experience turning ambiguous, fast-moving technical problems into pragmatic, durable systems
  • Experience working with cloud infrastructure primitives and production service ownership
  • Proven ability to thrive in fast-growing, product-driven companies by effectively navigating loosely defined tasks and managing competing priorities or deadlines

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience building cloud services
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with platform, research, safety, or external partner teams
  • Interest in AI infrastructure, agentic systems, and developer platforms
  • Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)
Skills
PythonGoRustTypeScriptDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureBackend DevelopmentDeveloper ToolsAWSAPI Development
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