Backend Engineer, Consumer Devices
OpenAI — ChatGPT, GPT & frontier AI research
About the role
ABOUT THE TEAM The Software Engineering team is responsible for designing and building the scalable, performant, and secure backend systems that power our products—from early prototypes to large-scale deployments. We collaborate closely…
What the index says about this role
- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 76 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
- What Backend Engineer roles ask for — across 336 indexed openings: Backend (100%), REST/APIs (70%), Cloud (57%), SQL (47%), Go (47%). This posting names Backend, Go, Python.
- OpenAI is hiring actively — 469 open roles indexed, 94 first appeared in the last 30 days.
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