OpenAI
Applied AI Engineer, Plugins
$197K–$280K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jul 14, 2026
- Experience
- 4-6 years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and maintain production-ready plugins for ChatGPT and Codex, guiding strategic partners from use-case design through launch and improving the plugins platform.
What you'll do
- Lead partner plugin engagements across architecture, implementation, evaluation, submission, launch, and maintenance.
- Build prototypes, production code, technical guidance, evaluations, and debugging tools; troubleshoot integrations across partner and OpenAI systems.
- Contribute improvements to ChatGPT, Codex, and the plugins platform, and coordinate launches with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 4-6 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience building and operating production APIs, backend services, developer platforms, apps, plugins, connectors, or integrations.
- Strong technical ability to contribute to platform code, build prototypes, and debug distributed systems.
- Clear communication with external engineers, product leaders, executives, and internal stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with OAuth/login flows, API design, webhooks, schemas, rate limits, observability, SDKs, and production launch operations.
- Customer- or partner-facing engineering experience; familiarity with AI products, LLM APIs, tool calling, MCP, ChatGPT or Codex surfaces, developer platforms, or marketplaces.
Pay
$197K – $280K USD base salary
Tools
ChatGPT, Codex, OAuth, SDKs, LLM APIs, MCP
AI focus
Build, evaluate, launch, and improve useful plugins for ChatGPT and Codex, including integrations involving AI products and tool calling.
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