Engineering Manager, Monetization Infrastructure

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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.

Monetization plays a critical role in enabling OpenAI to continue pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities while ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared. We believe monetization must be aligned with user value, uphold rigorous privacy and safety standards, and sustain a healthy ecosystem of developers and businesses.

This team operates in a greenfield environment and moves quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Research to bring research breakthroughs into real-world systems at global scale.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team that will build the core monetization and ads systems at OpenAI. This is a foundational role responsible for hiring, developing, and leading a world-class engineering team while shaping the technical strategy and execution for one of the company’s most impactful new initiatives.

You’ll own the roadmap for 0→1 monetization infrastructure, to build the most robust, safe, and scalable infra. You will collaborate deeply with product, design, and research to define the future of monetized AI experiences — and ensure these systems uphold OpenAI’s highest standards for safety, privacy, and policy alignment.

This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a diverse, high-performing engineering team working across backend, full-stack, and systems engineering.
• Define and own the technical strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for OpenAI’s core monetization and ads systems.
• Guide the architecture of distributed systems that operate at massive scale and require high reliability, privacy, and performance.
• Collaborate with Product, Research, and Design partners to define product requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and bring new experiences to market.
• Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment.
• Ensure your team operates effectively, maintains high engineering rigor, and consistently delivers against ambitious goals.
• Coach and mentor engineers to elevate their impact and grow to their full potential.
• Build processes and culture that enable fast learning, high trust, and responsible innovation.
• Ensure all monetization systems meet the highest standards for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience managing high-performance engineering teams in fast-paced, rapidly shifting environments.
• 10+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating distributed systems at large scale.
• Track record of building and scaling critical systems with strong reliability, performance, and safety constraints.
• Skilled at defining technical roadmaps, setting long-term direction, and navigating ambiguous product spaces.
• Strong people leadership, coaching experience, and a focus on helping engineers achieve peak performance.
• Strong product intuition; able to work across Product, Design, and Research to shape new user experiences.
• Experience thriving in 0→1 environments where strategy, architecture, and execution all need to be defined from scratch.
• Clear communicator who thinks holistically and makes decisions grounded in both user needs and long-term sustainability.
• Bonus: experience collaborating in AI/ML, ads systems, marketplaces, or other monetization-heavy domains.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay (range listed below) plus equity and potential performance-related bonus(es).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense accounts.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and additional paid medical and caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees (and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees).
• 13+ paid company holidays and additional coordinated office closures.
• 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 and additional fringe benefits.

Compensation

• Listed base salary range: $325,000 - $490,000 per year. In addition to base pay, total compensation may include equity, bonuses, and other benefits. Base pay may vary depending on market location, skills, and experience.

Additional Notes

• This role is full-time and based in the San Francisco headquarters.
• OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.