Software Engineer, Youth Well-Being

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About the Team

The Youth Well-Being product team is part of the Integrity pillar at OpenAI, responsible for ensuring that state-of-the-art AI technologies are deployed in safe, age-appropriate, and beneficial ways—especially for youth and families. The team works across OpenAI’s product surface area (including ChatGPT) to architect safety and trust into systems and to meet regulatory and ethical responsibilities.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build foundational systems that power family- and youth-facing experiences at scale. You will help define how teens and guardians engage with OpenAI products—ensuring those experiences are safe, compliant, and empowering. The role spans identity primitives, age assurance pipelines, guardian tools, and collaboration with engineers, data scientists, designers, user researchers, and policy experts.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement teen and guardian experiences across OpenAI products, including ChatGPT.
• Build global age assurance systems that are privacy-preserving and tailored to regional compliance needs.
• Design and evolve identity infrastructure to support scalable, secure, and resilient user journeys at consumer-internet scale.
• Help define safety and well-being metrics and continuously improve user trust through technical interventions.
• Own complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end and adapt to fast-changing priorities while working cross-functionally with policy, research, legal, and product teams.

Requirements / Preferred Experience

• Hands-on experience with identity platforms, authentication/authorization (auth/authz) systems, or user verification at scale.
• Experience or strong interest in building products or infrastructure for users under 18, and/or interest in digital safety, youth well-being, or educational technology.
• Experience navigating regulatory complexity and legal constraints relevant to youth (examples cited: COPPA, GDPR-K, UK OSA, KOSA) when building products.
• Experience designing privacy-preserving systems and infrastructure that are scalable, secure, and resilient.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams (engineering, data science, design, user research, policy/legal).
• Comfortable owning end-to-end solutions and defining metrics for safety and well-being.

Benefits and Compensation

• Base salary range: $255,000 – $405,000 (USD). Total compensation may include equity and performance-related bonuses.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter expenses).
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave; flexible PTO for exempt employees; paid 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.

Other Information

• OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
• Background checks administered in accordance with applicable law; certain locations reference local fair chance ordinances.
• Candidates will be considered consistent with applicable laws regarding criminal records and hiring.