Software Engineer, Youth Well-Being

Details

The Youth Well-Being product team is part of OpenAI's Integrity pillar and works to ensure that 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 build safety and trust into its systems while meeting regulatory and ethical standards.

This role will help architect and build foundational systems for family- and youth-facing experiences at scale. The work includes identity primitives, age assurance pipelines, guardian tools, and proactive and reactive safety interventions. The role involves close collaboration with engineers, data scientists, designers, user researchers, policy experts, legal teams, and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement teen and guardian experiences across OpenAI products, including ChatGPT.
• Build global age assurance systems that preserve privacy and address regional compliance requirements.
• Design and evolve identity infrastructure supporting scalable, secure, and resilient user journeys at consumer internet scale.
• Define safety and well-being metrics and continuously improve user trust through technical interventions.
• Own complex and ambiguous problems end-to-end in a fast-changing environment.
• Collaborate across policy, research, legal, and product functions.

Requirements

• Experience building products or infrastructure for users under 18, or a strong interest in digital safety, youth well-being, or educational technology.
• Hands-on experience with identity platforms, authentication and authorization systems, or user verification at scale.
• Experience working with regulatory complexity, such as COPPA, GDPR-K, the UK Online Safety Act, or KOSA, or experience navigating legal constraints in product development.
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Commitment to building systems that are performant, inclusive, thoughtful, and ethical.

Benefits

• Equity, performance-related bonuses for eligible employees, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts and pre-tax FSA and commuter accounts.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, company holidays, office closures, and paid sick or safe time.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law.