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OpenAIOpenAISan Francisco, CA

Backend Software Engineer (Evals)

Build evals infrastructure and backend services for OpenAI's support automation, focusing on reliable pipelines, monitoring, and AI model integration. Requires 4+ years backend experience with Python, FastAPI, Postgres, and ML/LLM evals.

230k – 385k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

In this role, you will:

  • Design eval pipelines that are reliable, reproducible, and extendable
  • Build infrastructure for continuous eval monitoring frameworks (regression/drift monitoring, robust golden datasets) with feedback loops
  • Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs for intelligent automation and knowledge systems
  • Integrate and structure data across internal platforms for downstream systems and AI workflows
  • Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to integrate OpenAI models into workflows
  • Own the full development lifecycle of new backend systems
  • Build with scale and maintainability in mind while iterating rapidly

You might be a great fit if you have:

  • 4+ years of backend engineering experience at product-driven companies (excluding internships)
  • Proficiency in backend technologies: Python, FastAPI, Postgres
  • Experience designing and scaling distributed systems, APIs, or data processing pipelines
  • Experience building AI agents or applications, including evals and performance improvement via prompting or scaffolding
  • Familiarity with LLM evaluation methods and patterns like multi-agent workflows, tool use, or long context
  • Experience creating production evals and/or measuring ML/LLM model performance at scale
  • Pragmatic mindset for iterative shipping toward long-term vision

Skills

PythonFastAPIPostgresDistributed SystemsAPIsData Processing PipelinesLlm EvalsAI AgentsMulti-Agent WorkflowsMl Models
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