Data Engineering Manager

Details

The Applied organization brings OpenAI’s most advanced technology to the world through products like ChatGPT and through the APIs that power a growing ecosystem of developer and enterprise applications. The Data Engineering team builds and operates the foundational systems that power decision-making across OpenAI — including analytics, safety, growth, and model development. The team ensures these systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and trustworthy and partners closely with teams across the company to ensure data is used responsibly and to its fullest potential.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and grow a diverse, high-performing Data Engineering team.
• Define and deliver the data strategy for major product and business domains (including AI Platform, Codex, Search, and Financial Engineering).
• Guide data architecture and infrastructure decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and trustworthiness.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, and Research to understand data needs and deliver impactful solutions.
• Develop robust, secure, and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
• Champion data quality, governance, and privacy practices that uphold OpenAI’s standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, including significant leadership experience building and scaling high-performing teams.
• Experience building or scaling modern data platforms and pipelines in high-growth, dynamic environments.
• Passion for building trustworthy, secure, and operationally excellent data systems.
• Strong ability to partner across technical and non-technical teams to drive product and business outcomes.
• Comfortable leading through ambiguity and setting technical strategy in rapidly evolving environments.
• Strong technical expertise in one or more programming languages commonly used in data engineering (examples called out: Python, Scala, Java).

Location

This role is based in OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters. Relocation assistance is offered for new employees.

Benefits & Compensation

• Base salary range: $405,000 - $490,000 (total compensation also includes equity and may include performance-related bonuses for eligible employees).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents) and 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 coordinated company office closures throughout the year, plus paid sick or safe time as required by law.
• Mental health and wellness support, employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend, daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible, relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits (e.g., charitable donation matching, wellness stipends) may be provided.

Additional Information

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer. Background checks will be administered in accordance with applicable law. For US-based candidates, background checks and consideration in accordance with local fair chance ordinances (San Francisco, Los Angeles County, California) are noted. OpenAI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.