# Software Engineer, Ads Monetization, Revenue Platform

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $230k – $385k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, Financial Systems, Pipelines, Billing Systems, Event Processing, Data Modeling, Monitoring, Reconciliation, Ads Systems
**Posted:** 2026-03-02

> Software Engineer building core monetization systems for ChatGPT Ads, handling end-to-end pipelines from event capture to billing. Requires 5+ years experience in distributed systems, data engineering, and financial accuracy.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Architect and build core monetization systems for ChatGPT Ads.
- Build and operate services and pipelines for end-to-end ads monetization, from event capture to billable outputs.
- Define source of truth for ads data, including schemas, models, and invariants.
- Own correctness, reconciliation, controls, monitors, and backfills.
- Develop billing integrations across the stack.
- Collaborate with Ads Engineering, Data Science, Product, Finance, and GTM teams.

## Requirements

- Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Significant experience developing distributed systems for new products and scaling.
- Strong collaboration with non-engineering partners.
- Desire to learn and teach skills clearly.
- Focus on exceptional user experience.
- Ability to move fast in ambiguous environments with competing priorities.

**Nice-to-have:** Experience with ads systems.

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