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OpenAI

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 Our team brings OpenAI&rsquo;s most capable technology to the world through our developer platform: the OpenAI API. As the leading AI development platform, our API is used by millions of developers and the majority of enterprises around the world, and powers the majority of AI applications that you may use on a daily basis. Most recently, we&rsquo;ve released gpt-5, gpt-realtime, Responses API, Agents SDK, and many other products and features.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We are looking for a software engineer to own the design of our APIs. Our API
 
 is
 
 our product, and as such we treat its design and development with care and intentionality. Every endpoint, every field name, and every enum value is a product interface that we want to design well. We are looking for engineers who not only love building APIs, but who will also sweat the details around API design and have a discerning taste for well designed API experience. You will play a major role in shaping the future roadmap of the OpenAI API &ndash; by both building and designing it.
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design and build products that we launch in API &ndash; extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite.
 </li>
 <li>
 Play a major role in our API Review process &ndash; working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You Might Thrive In This Role If You
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Appreciate taste in API design &ndash; you believe there are well designed APIs and poorly designed APIs
 </li>
 <li>
 Can thrive and operate independently in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and goals
 </li>
 <li>
 Love building for other developers, and thrive on feedback from opinionated users
 </li>
 <li>
 Are an engineer at heart, but are willing to lean into product decisions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Think of APIs as ladders.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 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.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
</div>

Backend Software Engineer, API Platform

Love Freedom Solution

<div>
 
 Full Stack Software Engineer (1&ndash;3 YOE) | AI Startup | Onsite &ndash; San Francisco
 
 
 About the Opportunity
 
 
 
 Lovefreedom Solution has the luxury to work with a
 
 high-growth, VC-backed startup
 
 building infrastructure for next-generation AI systems. This company works directly with leading AI labs and is scaling rapidly following strong early traction.
 
 
 They are hiring a
 
 Full Stack Software Engineer (1&ndash;3 years experience)
 
 to help build core product and infrastructure systems used at scale.
 
 
 This is a
 
 high-ownership, hands-on engineering role
 
 with direct exposure to cutting-edge AI workflows.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Build and ship full-stack applications end-to-end
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop frontend systems using Next.js / React
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to backend services using Node.js or Python
 </li>
 <li>
 Work with Kubernetes-based infrastructure
 </li>
 <li>
 Design scalable systems supporting high-volume user workflows
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner with internal teams and stakeholders in a client-facing capacity
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Required Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 1&ndash;3 years of experience as a Full Stack Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience at:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 High-growth VC-backed startup, OR
 </li>
 <li>
 Top trading firm, OR
 </li>
 <li>
 Founding engineer at startup that raised $2.5M+
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 </ul>
 
 Technical Requirements
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Strong full-stack experience:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Frontend: React, Next.js
 </li>
 <li>
 Backend: Node.js or Python
 </li>
 </ul>
 <li>
 Kubernetes (required)
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Kafka, Redis, or Elasticsearch is a plus
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What We&rsquo;re Looking For
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Proven ability to build products end-to-end
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong sense of ownership and execution
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable in a fast-paced, startup environment
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong communication skills (client-facing exposure required)
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Work Environment
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Onsite: San Francisco (FiDi) &ndash; 5 days/week
 </li>
 <li>
 Flexible working hours
 </li>
 <li>
 High-performance, fast-moving team
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Compensation
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 $180K &ndash; $250K base
 </li>
 <li>
 Competitive equity package
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Right to Represent
 
 
 
 By applying, you agree to be represented by
 
 Lovefreedom Solution
 
 for this opportunity.
 
 
 Skills: kubernetes,node.js,stack,infrastructure,software,react,san,high-growth,ownership,python
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Software Engineer

GlossGenius

<div>
 
 
 About GlossGenius
 
 
 
 GlossGenius is building an ecosystem enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. We empower small business owners to focus on being creators, not admins, by offering a range of business management tools including booking and scheduling, marketing, analytics, payment processing and much more.
 
 
 Over 100,000 small business owners have chosen to rely on GlossGenius every day to run their entire set of business operations. Joining its powerful, intuitive platform with its vibrant, distinguished brand, GlossGenius is the ideal combination of a fintech, SMB software, and consumer company all in one.
 
 
 
 About the Role
 
 
 
 GlossGenius has grown significantly, supporting tens of thousands of customers and seeing billions of transaction volumes on our platforms. As our customers continue to grow their businesses, we want to enable them to be more successful. For that, we&rsquo;re building AI features that will transform how our customers operate and grow their businesses
 
 
 That&rsquo;s why we are seeking strong
 
 Software Engineers, All levels
 
 to join one of our Product or Platform-based teams. Product-focused engineers work at the intersection of business needs and technical solutions, solving key customer problems. Platform-focused engineers build scalable, reliable, and extensible systems that empower product teams to move faster, deliver with quality, and focus on customer value.
 
 
 You must be commutable to our San Francisco office. We default to being in-office 3-4 days per week with required attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
 
 
 
 What We Work With
 
 
 
 We are open to hearing from candidates who know different programming languages and are excited to learn more and grow their skills. Our current stack:
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Kotlin (micronaut, jooq), Ruby (Rails, Sidekiq), gRPC, protobuf
 </li>
 <li>
 Typescript / Javascript (React, Redux)
 </li>
 <li>
 React Native
 </li>
 <li>
 AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres and Terraform
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 What You&rsquo;ll Do
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer at GlossGenius, you'll play a critical role in shaping a platform that powers over 90,000 small businesses and processes more than $3 billion in payments annually. Engineers work on high-impact initiatives that support our rapid growth and evolving scale. Examples of your potential responsibilities include:
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Develop, release, and run large-scale web applications that empower beauty and wellness businesses to operate and grow.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build new AI features for our customers.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop and define our microservice-based infrastructure.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build tools and solutions that enable internal teams to work faster, more effectively, with more confidence, and improve the value they can provide our users (Business Scalability team).
 </li>
 <li>
 Work on core experiences such as making payments friction-free for clients and customers, building tools to help customers earn more per hour, or enabling businesses to effortlessly grow and manage their teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Focus on front-end development, crafting intuitive and engaging user experiences for our web and mobile applications.
 </li>
 <li>
 Improve performance, reliability, scalability, and security for our backend systems.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What We&rsquo;re Looking For
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 2+ years of professional experience in software development.
 </li>
 <li>
 A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
 </li>
 <li>
 A strong desire to move fast and have a significant impact.
 </li>
 <li>
 An entrepreneurial mindset, eager to take ownership and contribute new ideas to solve challenging problems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrates strong collaboration skills and team spirit.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Benefits &amp; Perks&nbsp;
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Flexible PTO
 </li>
 <li>
 Competitive health &amp; dental insurance options, with premiums partially or fully covered by GG
 </li>
 <li>
 In-person opportunities that are designed to help team members foster collaboration and build community (ie; working out of a co-working space, team dinners, and other team building activities)
 </li>
 <li>
 Fertility and adoption benefits via Carrot
 </li>
 <li>
 Generous, fully-paid parental leave policy
 </li>
 <li>
 401k benefit - employees are eligible to contribute starting day 1 of employment
 </li>
 <li>
 Professional Development - employees receive a yearly stipend for approved learning and educational-related expenses
 </li>
 <li>
 Pre-tax commuter benefits
 </li>
 <li>
 Dependent Care FSA
 </li>
 <li>
 Home office support
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 The starting base salary for this role in San Francisco is between $150,000-$230,000+ target equity + benefits. The base salary offered is dependent upon many factors including skills,
 
 experience
 
 , location, and education. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.&nbsp; Additionally, this role is currently eligible to participate in GlossGenius&rsquo;s equity plan as well as a range of health &amp; wellbeing, retirement savings, and other benefits within our total rewards offering.
 
 
 
 
 At GlossGenius, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. GlossGenius is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
 
 
 
 
 Personal Information: Notice at Collection for Employees and Applicants
 
 
 
 
 Agency Submissions
 
 
 
 If a resume or applicant is submitted to GlossGenius by a third party without a signed search agreement in place, it will become the property of GlossGenius and no fee will be paid, irrespective of whether the candidate is hired.&nbsp;
 
 
</div>

Software Engineer - All Levels

Plaid

<div>
 We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We&rsquo;re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid&rsquo;s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.
 
 
 Plaid&rsquo;s Platform Engineering organization comprises multiple teams focused on core infrastructure, data platforms, storage, privacy, and developer efficiency. Together, these teams ensure that Plaid&rsquo;s technology platform is scalable, reliable, and secure to support our rapid growth. Our infrastructure handles millions of requests per day, and we pride ourselves on maintaining highly robust and performant systems. As a Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain the foundational infrastructure and internal platforms that empower all of Plaid&rsquo;s engineering teams to move quickly and safely. You&rsquo;ll work cross-functionally with product engineering squads to ship new features and ensure operational excellence throughout each product&rsquo;s lifecycle.
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design &amp; Develop Scalable Systems: Build and maintain core platform services with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability. You will create and evolve distributed backend systems that serve as the bedrock for products used by millions of users.
 </li>
 <li>
 Infrastructure &amp; Data Platforms: Develop and improve infrastructure for data storage and processing &ndash; for example, high-performance databases and modern data processing frameworks &ndash; to handle Plaid&rsquo;s growing data and product needs. Ensure our data infrastructure is robust and can scale effectively.
 </li>
 <li>
 Developer Productivity Tools: Create internal tools, frameworks, and automation to improve developer productivity and efficiency. This includes building CI/CD pipelines, observability and monitoring systems, and self-service infrastructure platforms that enable teams to ship code quickly and safely.
 </li>
 <li>
 Security &amp; Privacy by Design: Integrate security, privacy, and compliance best practices into our platforms (e.g. data encryption, access controls, audit logging) to protect sensitive financial data. Work closely with Security and Privacy teams to ensure our infrastructure and internal services meet high standards for data protection and regulatory compliance.
 </li>
 <li>
 Cross-Team Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with product engineers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into reliable platform capabilities. Facilitate smooth integration of platform solutions into various products, and coordinate across teams to resolve issues and deliver new features efficiently.
 </li>
 <li>
 Technical Excellence &amp; Leadership: Uphold high engineering standards through code reviews, testing, and documentation. Take initiative in setting technical direction and architecture for platform systems, and mentor junior engineers to help grow their skills. You will lead by example in driving best practices and continuously improving the quality of our engineering solutions.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Qualifications
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience: 2 to 4 years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and shipping complex backend systems or platforms. Experience designing and scaling distributed systems is highly desired.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong Coding Skills: Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g. Go, Python, Java, C++). Our core services are built largely in Go, so experience with Go is a plus. You write clean, efficient, and maintainable code and have solid computer science fundamentals.
 </li>
 <li>
 Distributed Systems &amp; Problem Solving: Deep understanding of system design and algorithms. Hands-on experience with designing, building, and operating distributed systems or microservices architectures at scale. Ability to debug complex issues in a production environment and optimize system performance and reliability.
 </li>
 <li>
 Data and Databases: Familiarity with relational and NoSQL database technologies (for example, MySQL/TiDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and data storage architectures. Experience building data pipelines or working with big data processing frameworks (Spark, Databricks, etc.) is a plus.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaboration &amp; Communication: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment. You can collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, and you&rsquo;re able to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms when needed.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 $176,400 - $243,600 a year
 
 
 The target base salary for this position ranges from $176,400/year to $243,600/year in Zone 1. The target base salary will vary based on the job's location.
 
 
 
 Our Geographic Zones Are As Follows
 
 
 
 Zone 1 - San Francisco / New York City / Seattle
 
 
 Zone 2 - Los Angeles / Washington DC / Austin / Boston / Sacramento / San Diego
 
 
 Zone 3 - Atlanta / Portland / Chicago / Philadelphia / Denver / Miami / Dallas / Raleigh
 
 
 Zone 4 - All other US cities
 
 
 The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission (if applicable), equity and benefits. The pay range shown on each job posting is the minimum and maximum target for new-hire salaries. Actual pay may be higher or lower depending on factors like skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
 
 
 Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
 
 
 Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected] .
 
 
 Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here .
</div>

Software Engineer - Platform

Handshake

<div>
 
 About Handshake
 
 
 
 Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
 
 
 
 Why Join Handshake Now
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
 </li>
 <li>
 Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world&rsquo;s top educational institutions
 </li>
 <li>
 Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
 </li>
 <li>
 Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in building the products and systems that power Handshake&rsquo;s core user experiences&mdash;from search and discovery to onboarding and beyond. You&rsquo;ll work across the full stack, shipping features that directly impact how millions of users find opportunities, connect with employers, and launch their careers.
 
 
 You&rsquo;ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver polished, end-to-end experiences in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Whether you&rsquo;re building AI-powered features, scaling backend systems, or crafting intuitive frontends, your work will have real, measurable impact on users at scale.
 
 
 
 Location: San Francisco, CA | 5 days/week in-office
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design and implement scalable full-stack systems powering core user journeys, including search, discovery, matching, and onboarding flows.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build and iterate on product features across frontend and backend surfaces, balancing speed with code quality and correctness.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ship backend APIs, asynchronous workflows, and frontend experiences that are reliable, scalable, and intuitive.
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner closely with product managers and designers to translate requirements into polished, end-to-end user experiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Write high-quality, maintainable code while contributing to code reviews and engineering best practices.
 </li>
 <li>
 Debug and resolve issues related to system reliability, user flows, and performance.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to architectural decisions and help establish patterns for scalable, secure deployments.
 </li>
 <li>
 Grow toward increased technical ownership by learning from senior engineers on the team.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Desired Capabilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building full-stack applications.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong proficiency in TypeScript, with comfort working across frontend and backend.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with modern web stacks (e.g., React, Next.js, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails).
 </li>
 <li>
 Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and data modeling.
 </li>
 <li>
 Product-oriented mindset with a focus on user experience and business outcomes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on continuous learning and improvement.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Extra Credit
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience with AI-powered products, chatbots, conversational interfaces, or agentic frameworks (e.g., OpenAI APIs).
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal or asynchronous job systems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Exposure to matching systems, marketplaces, or multi-step onboarding flows.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and deployment pipelines.
 </li>
 <li>
 Background at high-growth or scaling technology companies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with component libraries, design systems, and building reusable interfaces for rapid deployment.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Perks
 
 
 
 Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported&mdash;and thrive at work and in life.
 
 
 
 
 The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
 
 
 
 
 🎯
 
 Ownership:
 
 Equity in a fast-growing company
 
 
 💰
 
 Financial Wellness
 
 : 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
 
 
 🍼
 
 Family Support:
 
 Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
 
 
 💝
 
 Wellbeing:
 
 Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
 
 
 📚
 
 Growth:
 
 $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
 
 
 💻
 
 Remote &amp; Office:
 
 Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
 
 
 🏝
 
 Time Off:
 
 Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
 
 
 🤝
 
 Connection:
 
 Team outings &amp; referral bonuses
 
 
 Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $145K - $170K
 
 
</div>

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 OpenAI&rsquo;s mission is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity. The API organization is one of the highest-leverage ways we do that: we put frontier intelligence in the hands of builders who turn it into products, businesses, and services that reach people everywhere.
 
 
 We build the infrastructure and developer platform that makes that possible&mdash;so developers can reliably bring powerful AI into the real world, operate it safely at scale, and keep pushing what&rsquo;s possible. When we do our job well, we don&rsquo;t just ship an API. We enable thousands of teams to create new capabilities for millions of end users, accelerating progress across industries and communities.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 As a Data Scientist on the API team, you&rsquo;ll build the measurement systems that make our platform legible and improveable. You&rsquo;ll define the metrics that matter, identify and quantify developer friction, evaluate launches and platform changes, and translate data into product decisions that improve reliability and developer outcomes at scale.
 
 
 You&rsquo;ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and Finance to ensure our metrics are trusted, our experimentation is rigorous, and our insights turn into shipped improvements.
 
 
 This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Own the core KPI framework for the API platform, spanning developer adoption, engagement, retention, and platform health.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build end-to-end funnels that identify where developers succeed or get stuck&mdash;from first integration through scaling to production.
 </li>
 <li>
 Define and operationalize platform guardrails (e.g., reliability, latency, error rates, cost/efficiency) and connect them to user outcomes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design and evaluate experiments and rollouts to quantify the impact of platform and product changes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner with product and engineering teams to improve instrumentation, data quality, and metric definitions so decisions are fast and correct.
 </li>
 <li>
 Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop and socialize dashboards, tools, and self-serve data products that help teams answer product questions quickly.
 </li>
 <li>
 Help establish data science standards and best practices for measuring AI platform performance and developer success.
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner with other data scientists across the company to share learnings and raise the bar on measurement and decision-making.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 10+ years of experience in data science roles within product or technology organizations (platform or developer-facing experience is a plus).
 </li>
 <li>
 Expertise in statistics and causal inference, applied in both experimentation and observational studies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Expert-level SQL and proficiency in Python for analytics, modeling, and experimentation.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proven experience designing and interpreting experiments and making statistically sound recommendations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience building datasets, metrics, and data pipelines that power production decision-making.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience developing and extracting insights from business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau) and building self-serve solutions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong product sense and an impact-driven mindset: you turn ambiguity into crisp frameworks that drive roadmap decisions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders and cultivate strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, Research, and GTM teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong communication skills, including the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with limited structure.
 </li>
 <li>
 Are consistently among the first to adopt the latest AI tools, you use them daily to increase your own throughput, and you proactively turn them into durable workflows that change how your team and org operate.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Nice-to-haves
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience with developer platforms, APIs/SDKs, or usage-based products.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with platform reliability analytics, incident impact measurement, or performance/cost optimization.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with AI evaluation and quality measurement systems (online/offline evals, human-in-the-loop, safety/quality guardrails).
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Why it matters
 
 
 
 When developers build on OpenAI, they put our platform into products that touch millions of people. API Data Science ensures we make the right bets, operate with rigor, and continuously raise reliability and usability as the platform scales. This is a unique opportunity to shape how frontier AI is measured, improved, and delivered through a platform that powers the next generation of AI products.
 
 
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 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.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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Data Scientist, API

Pylon

<div>About Pylon
America&rsquo;s $13T mortgage market is one of the most important financial systems in the world. It underwrites the middle class and is the mechanism through which millions of families build wealth. But while every other financial instrument has been simplified to an API call, mortgages are still assembled by hand.
We started from zero and created the first vertically integrated mortgage platform that turns origination into a single API.
Publicly traded companies and the country&rsquo;s largest originators are already building on Pylon. Revenue is compounding monthly. We&rsquo;re backed by Peter Thiel, Conversion Capital, QED, Citi, Fifth Wall, and the founders of Ramp, Blend, and Mercury.
Working at Pylon isn&rsquo;t for those seeking comfort. The people who thrive here have high agency, strong opinions, and a track record of delivering outcomes without direction. Many of us are former founders. We move quickly, challenge each other directly, and take full ownership of results. It&rsquo;s hard work, but it will be worth it.
Join us in building America&rsquo;s mortgage rails.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
The Team</h2>
We're looking for Back End Engineers to join our API team. We treat our GraphQL API as a product &mdash; because it is one. Multiple customers build directly on top of it, and the quality of their experience is determined by how well we design, document, and maintain it.
Mortgage is a surprisingly rich domain to model. It's path-dependent: the choices you make early in a loan constrain what's possible later. It's nonlinear: different borrower situations branch into wildly different flows. Most APIs in this space paper over that complexity. We're building one that embraces it &mdash; encoding the real shape of mortgage into a surface that's impossible to misuse and delightful to build against.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Here Is What You'll Do</h2><ul><li>
Define what a mortgage is in code. Seriously. You'll work on semantic models that don't just represent mortgages as they exist today &mdash; they expand what a mortgage can be. This is product design at the API layer.</li><li>
Build toward an event-driven API. We're moving to a world where our API doesn't just respond to requests &mdash; it tells you what happened, why, and what you can do next. You'll help design and ship that future.</li><li>
Make the complex feel simple. Our API should make the mortgage process impossible to get wrong. That means thoughtful abstractions, clear documentation, and an obsessive focus on developer experience.</li><li>
Design for nonlinearity. Mortgage flows aren't linear wizards. Our future API encodes choice, branching, and path-dependence natively. You'll work on guided experiences that model real-world complexity without exposing it as chaos.</li><li>
Treat this as a product surface. You'll think about breaking changes, versioning, onboarding, and the full lifecycle of an API that real companies depend on.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Tech Stack</h2><ul><li>
TypeScript</li><li>
GraphQL (this is the product)</li><li>
NestJS</li><li>
SQL (PostgreSQL)</li><li>
Temporal.io (workflow orchestration)</li><li>
Event-driven architecture</li><li>
AI-driven development tooling and agentic infrastructure</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Who Will Succeed Here</h2>
Someone who:<ul><li>
Is deeply curious</li><li>
Wants to won features from design to development to deployment to maintence</li><li>
Is willing to put the work in to solve the hardest of problems</li></ul>
Location: Palo Alto , CA Base Salary Range: $140,000/yr to $220,000/yr + Equity + Benefits
Compensation Range: $130K - $220K</div>

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