OpenAI
Backend Software Engineer, Gov
$207K–$385K
Washington, DC +2 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC
Seattle
San Francisco - Experience
- 9+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech and product-driven companies.
About the job
Build and deploy customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features for public-sector customers across on-premises and cloud environments, including optimizing inference and platform performance.
What you'll do
- Develop new customer-facing features end-to-end and adapt products to public-sector environment constraints.
- Work with customers and cross-functional teams to design, build, and iterate on solutions informed by users and research feedback.
- Optimize applications for speed and scale, including inference in high-stakes environments.
What they ask for
- Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies.
- Proficiency with a backend language; the posting says the team uses Python.
- Some experience with infrastructure primitives such as Kubernetes and Terraform.
- U.S. person status as defined by the applicable government contract.
Nice to have
- Interest in AI/ML; direct experience is not required.
- Interest in enabling public-sector use cases with unique requirements.
Pay
USD $207K – $385K base salary
Tools
JavaScript, React, Python, Kubernetes, Terraform, ChatGPT, OpenAI API
AI focus
Deploy OpenAI technology for public-sector customers; work with research to iterate on models and develop customer-specific solutions at the model and data layers, including inference optimization.
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