Software Engineer, Localization

In this role, you will

• Build and scale OpenAI's localization, content, and experimentation platform used across OpenAI product teams, including open-source components:
  • Develop AI-powered translation pipelines combined with human-in-the-loop review workflows.
  • Design systems that reliably deliver localized product content across web and mobile apps.
  • Build tools that enable linguists and localization teams to review and improve translations.
  • Develop developer tooling that simplifies localization and internationalization workflows.
• Build and maintain internationalization libraries used across OpenAI products:
  • Design systems that correctly handle numbers, currencies, dates, and pluralization across locales.
  • Improve support for multilingual interfaces and right-to-left languages.
• Partner with product teams to improve the international readiness of new features.

You might thrive in this role if you

• Have strong software engineering experience building backend or full-stack systems.
• Have familiarity with Java, React, MySQL, and cloud infrastructure patterns such as object storage, containerized services, and Kubernetes.
• Enjoy building platforms and internal tools used by many teams.
• Have experience with or appreciation for open-source software and developer tooling.
• Are interested in combining AI systems with human workflows.
• Care about product quality and global user experience.
• Appreciate cultural and linguistic differences across regions; multilingual proficiency is a plus.