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.
Distributed Systems @ 7
Hiring @ 4
Experimentation @ 4
ChatGPT @ 4
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
The Monetization team within Applied AI is building foundational systems to scale user-first, privacy-preserving monetization products, including next-generation ad experiences integrated into core OpenAI surfaces (notably ChatGPT). This role is responsible for designing and implementing the creative rendering and presentation layer of OpenAI's ads ecosystem, working across frontend systems, backend infrastructure, design, product, and research to ensure ad formats render reliably, perform efficiently, and align with OpenAI's safety and privacy standards.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale the creative rendering and presentation systems that power OpenAI's ads experiences.
- Develop infrastructure and tooling for ad formats across text, image, video, native, conversational, and interactive surfaces.
- Define how ads are structured, rendered, validated, and delivered across ChatGPT and other OpenAI product experiences.
- Build systems that ensure ads render reliably, perform efficiently, and meet high quality standards across platforms.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and Research to prototype and ship ad experiences that feel native to the core ChatGPT experience.
- Architect distributed systems and services with strong reliability, usability, privacy, and performance guarantees.
- Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment.
- Contribute to technical strategy and help shape the roadmap for OpenAI's ads formats platform.
- Maintain engineering rigor through testing, documentation, observability, and operational best practices.
- Uphold safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance across ad rendering and delivery systems.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building high-scale consumer product experiences, creative systems, ads systems, or platform infrastructure.
- Proven track record architecting and delivering complex systems that power user-facing experiences across multiple surfaces.
- Experience working at the intersection of frontend systems, backend infrastructure, design, and product strategy.
- Strong product intuition and demonstrated ability to collaborate with Product, Design, and Research.
- Experience with rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment in greenfield or 0→1 environments.
- Focus on product quality, performance, reliability, and details of how experiences render for users.
- Commitment to building privacy-preserving, safe, and user-first monetization systems.
- Bonus: experience with ads formats, creative rendering systems, content delivery, design systems, media platforms, or interactive product experiences.
Location
This role is exclusively based in OpenAI's San Francisco HQ. Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.
Compensation
Compensation Range: $230K - $385K USD. The base pay may vary depending on location, knowledge, skills, and experience. Total compensation may include equity and performance-related bonuses.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter benefits)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave and additional paid medical/caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO and paid company holidays/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 taxable fringe benefits (charitable donation matching, wellness stipends)
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, diverse perspectives, and inclusive hiring practices.