Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Security @ 4
Leadership @ 4
Mentoring @ 4
Networking @ 4
Technical Leadership @ 4
Experimentation @ 4
iOS @ 4
Swift @ 6
Compliance @ 4
Observability @ 4
AI @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
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. The team focuses on user-first, privacy-preserving monetization products, including next-generation ads experiences that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support long-term innovation. The team operates in a greenfield environment and moves quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment, partnering closely with Product, Design, and Research to bring research breakthroughs into real-world systems at global scale.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to build the core mobile monetization experiences and iOS foundations that power how users sign up, manage their account, access family features, pay for services, and interact with monetized experiences safely and confidently across OpenAI’s mobile apps. This is a 0→1, greenfield opportunity: you’ll help define the architecture, primitives, and reusable frameworks that product teams depend on to ship quickly while meeting high standards for security, reliability, privacy, and user trust. You will partner closely with backend, product, design, safety, and research to translate evolving requirements into high-quality iOS systems and experiences.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship monetization experiences on iOS, including purchase flows, subscription/plan management, and monetization-adjacent surfaces.
- Design and maintain shared iOS frameworks and primitives for account, trust, and commerce flows used across OpenAI’s mobile apps (identity, entitlements, payments, policy-aware UX).
- Own complex client-side systems spanning UI, networking, local state, observability, and Apple platform integrations (StoreKit, Sign in with Apple, device security primitives, etc.).
- Optimize performance, reliability, and responsiveness for global-scale usage, including robust offline/poor-network handling and safe rollout strategies.
- Establish and evolve testing frameworks (unit, integration, snapshot/UI, and end-to-end) and refine architecture for long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Research, and backend teams to translate ambiguous goals into durable systems and delightful experiences.
- Help uphold safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance across monetization experiences.
- Provide technical leadership through architectural reviews, mentoring, and setting engineering standards across iOS monetization foundations.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant iOS ownership.
- Proven track record shipping high-quality iOS apps in production for business-critical, reliability-sensitive systems.
- Fluency in Swift and experience with Apple’s ecosystem (Xcode, SwiftUI).
- Experience owning complex mobile systems end-to-end (architecture, delivery, instrumentation, quality, and operations).
- Strong focus on performance, security, privacy, and user experience—especially in flows involving identity and payments.
- Comfortable in 0→1 environments where systems, architecture, and user experiences must be defined from scratch.
Benefits & Compensation
- Base salary range: $325,000 – $385,000 (offers equity).
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts; pre-tax FSAs; 401(k) with employer match.
- Paid parental leave and medical/caregiver leave; flexible PTO; paid company holidays and 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.
- Additional compensation components include equity and potential performance-related bonus(es).
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 and human-centered design and is an equal opportunity employer. Background checks are administered as applicable and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available.