Full Stack Engineer, Health AI

Details

OpenAI’s charter calls on us to ensure the benefits of AI are distributed broadly and safely. The Health AI team focuses on expanding access to high-quality medical expertise and setting a high standard for deploying AI responsibly in high-stakes domains. We are building AI systems that support patients, clinicians, and health workers while meeting high standards for safety, reliability, and privacy.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable full-stack systems for consumer and enterprise health.
• Own end-to-end feature development: early design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and services that meet strict privacy, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA).
• Collaborate closely with researchers and safety teams to integrate reliability, evaluation, and guardrails into production systems.
• Debug, optimize, and harden systems to support high availability, performance, and global scale.
• Take ownership of ambiguous problems and drive them to practical, high-quality solutions.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience writing maintainable, production-quality code.
• Strong engineering skills with an interest in building durable, well-designed systems.
• Ability to operate with high agency and own problems end-to-end with minimal supervision.
• Comfort working in fast-moving, cross-functional teams (engineers, product managers, designers, researchers).
• Willingness to do essential work needed for mission success (e.g., compliance, data plumbing, reliability).
• Thoughtfulness about the societal impact of AI and alignment with OpenAI’s mission.

Bonus (nice to have)

• Strong product engineering instincts (take a rough spec and ship a polished solution).
• Entrepreneurial drive or prior founder experience.
• Prior experience with health-related products or building compliant/regulated products (healthcare, enterprise, finance, or similar).
• High-quality public code (e.g., GitHub projects, open-source contributions).
• Experience with distributed systems, backend architecture, or large-scale data pipelines.

Benefits

• Base pay indicated: $325K (base may vary by location, experience, and other individualized factors). Total compensation may include equity and performance-related bonuses.
• 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.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave, paid medical and caregiver leave, and flexible PTO.
• 13+ paid company holidays and 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.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company emphasizes safety, human needs, and diverse perspectives. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks will be administered in accordance with applicable law.