Software Engineer, Monetization Delivery

About the Position

Software Engineer, Monetization Delivery

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Monetization Delivery team at OpenAI. This role is pivotal in building the core infrastructure behind our monetization and ads systems. You will be responsible for architecting and implementing distributed systems that power our monetization stack, focusing on reliability, performance, privacy, and large-scale operation.

Location

• San Francisco, California, United States

Employment Type

• FULL_TIME

Compensation

• $347K – $445K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the foundational backend and infrastructure powering OpenAI’s monetization and ads systems
• Architect large-scale distributed systems that meet strict requirements for reliability, privacy, security, and performance
• Develop APIs, infrastructure services, and internal platforms that support ads creation, delivery, measurement, and optimization
• Work closely with Product, Research, and Design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Drive 0→1 infra development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative improvements
• Contribute to the long-term technical strategy and roadmap for the monetization infra stack
• Ensure high engineering rigor through excellent testing, documentation, observability, and operational best practices
• Build for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy alignment from first principles
• Collaborate across engineering orgs to ensure the infra layer is flexible, performant, and resilient

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
• Experience designing mission-critical systems with demanding reliability, performance, and correctness requirements
• Think in systems-architecture, data flows, operational concerns, observability, and long-term maintainability
• Comfortable defining technical direction in ambiguous 0→1 environments
• Enjoy working cross-functionally to shape product requirements and system capabilities
• Communicate clearly, reason holistically, and make decisions grounded in user needs and long-term system health
• Bonus: Experience in ads systems, marketplaces, AI/ML infra, or other monetization-intensive domains

About the Team

The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence responsibly. Our mission is to develop user-first, privacy-preserving monetization products-including next-generation ads experiences-that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support OpenAI’s long-term innovation.

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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