Job Title: Backend Software Engineer, Jobs Platform Company Name: OpenAI Job Url: https://jobright.ai/jobs/info/69d66e6b52a5bf5800128ad0 Job Description: OpenAI ยท 1 minute ago Backend Software Engineer, Jobs Platform United States Full-time Remote Senior Level, Lead/Staff $293K/yr - $490K/yr 8+ years exp 63% FAIR MATCH 100% Exp. Level 21% Skill 88% Industry Exp. OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking exceptional engineers to help build transformative applications of AI, focusing on creating a career agent that enhances job matching and opportunities for users. Artificial Intelligence (AI) SaaS Agentic AI Foundational AI Generative AI Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Growth Opportunities H1B Sponsor Likely Insider Connection @OpenAI 2 email credits available today Discover valuable connections within the company who might provide insights and potential referrals. Get 3x more responses when you reach out via email instead of LinkedIn. Beyond Your Network View B Brenda Glasser Salesforce Engineer From Your Previous Company Find More Connections From Your School Find More Connections Find Any Email Responsibilities Design and ship core systems for search, matching, and recommendation, including candidate-job ranking, retrieval, and personalization pipelines Partner closely with research and applied ML teams to productionize models and integrate them into high-scale backend systems Run experiments and iterate on ranking models and recommendation strategies to improve long-term success metrics Build high-trust, scalable systems that support millions of job seekers and employers Work closely with product, design, research, and ops to create human-centered experiences powered by AI Qualification Represents the skills you have Find out how your skills align with this job's requirements. If anything seems off, you can easily click on the tags to select or unselect skills to reflect your actual expertise. Software Engineering Machine Learning Systems Vector Databases Search Indices Data Stores for Search Retrieval ML Concepts Production ML Systems Embeddings Ranking Models Feature Pipelines Backend System Design High-Scale Data Systems Retrieval Systems Enthusiasm for fast-moving environments Required 8+ years of software engineering experience building highly-available user-facing products Have extensive prior experience building and maintaining production machine learning systems Have prior experience working with vector databases, search indices, or other data stores for search and retrieval use cases Familiarity with ML concepts and production ML systems (e.g., embeddings, ranking models, feature pipelines), even if not a research specialist Experience collaborating with ML or research teams to deploy models into production systems Strong backend/system design skills, especially for high-scale data and retrieval systems Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done Enthusiasm for working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where new ideas ship quickly and user impact matters most