Description
Software Engineer, Internal Applications - Enterprise
Location
San Francisco
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
IT
Compensation
- $230K – $325K • Offers Equity
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. 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.
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.
About the Team
OpenAI’s Applications Engineering team engineers, owns, and evolves OpenAI’s core productivity ecosystem—not simply as custodians of SaaS solutions, but by building custom tools, integrations, and automation that solve problems off-the-shelf software cannot. With a company-wide lens and deep technical expertise, we bridge gaps between teams, operationalize applications for scale, and deliver secure, seamless, and innovative employee experiences. We proactively design and develop custom solutions where required, creating paved paths that reduce friction, improve productivity, and enable other teams to focus on their core missions.
About the Role
As a Software Engineer: Internal Applications, Enterprise, you are tasked with enhancing employee technology services through automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and the development of workforce tooling. You will leverage OpenAI's models to optimize identity and access management (IAM) systems, build applications and dashboards for internal users, and streamline complex workflows through automation. This role involves designing and implementing efficient, secure, and scalable solutions, including intelligent Slack bots and integrations to improve operational efficiency and user experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and performant workforce technology infrastructure, automation workflows, and bespoke tooling that improves the OpenAI employee experience.
- Deliver critical IT efficiencies and automation through both bespoke software development and first-party tooling to enhance technology service delivery.
- Employ modern Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) methodologies, developing GitOps-driven solutions to manage technology workflows at scale.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for corporate infrastructure, deploying to progressively tested environments across multiple clouds (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Create scalable internal tools and dashboards to optimize workflows and improve visibility into engineering operations.
- Design and manage internal integrations, including Slack bots and workflow automation solutions.
- Support IAM processes by automating access provisioning and lifecycle management for internal applications.
- Collaborate with the IAM team to manage cloud-based identity and access controls, ensuring compliance with security policies and standards for internal applications.
- Collaborate with security teams to align technology automation initiatives with Zero Trust principles and compliance frameworks.
- Implement role-based access controls (RBAC) and mitigate security risks through automated policies.
- Work cross-functionally to identify areas for corporate technology service improvement and implement self-service solutions.
- Manage multiple projects and initiatives, ensuring efficiency and alignment with business objectives.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a modern programming language, ideally Python.
- Strong knowledge of and experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and infrastructure management.
- Deep knowledge and experience managing corporate infrastructure at scale with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices & GitOps workflows (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, etc.) as well as cloud automation best practices.
- Experience integrating corporate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and