# Full-Stack Software Engineer, Applied Foundations
**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $185K-$385K
**Skills:** JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-05-07
> Builds and architects full-stack systems powering OpenAI's core products like ChatGPT, focusing on safety, security, and scalability across frontend and backend. Collaborates on resilient infrastructure handling global scale in fast-paced environment.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and improve frontend and backend systems.
- Work across the full stack to build products and systems from initial exploration through launch readiness.
- Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against and mitigate adversarial attacks without compromising user experience.

## Requirements
- Have built and shipped full-stack apps or systems end-to-end — in fast-moving, startup-like environments.
- Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
- Enjoy building resilient products and services that handle large scale and complexity.
- Are self-directed and enjoy figuring out the best way to solve a particular problem.
- Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
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