OpenAI
Full-Stack Software Engineer, Child Safety Tools & Systems
$266K–$385K
San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer.
About the job
Build data-intensive, AI-powered systems and tools that help operators and investigators detect, triage, and review high-severity harms, with a focus on child safety.
What you'll do
- Prototype, build, and maintain intelligence systems for detecting and triaging possible high-severity harm.
- Design and deliver tools with operators and investigators to improve the speed, accuracy, and safety of their work.
- Develop across the stack and contribute to technical strategy and data-driven impact reporting.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering foundation and end-to-end systems ownership.
- Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
- Experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines or search/retrieval systems.
- Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments; role involves exposure to sensitive and egregious content.
Nice to have
- Prior engineering experience addressing high-severity harms and familiarity with operational or investigative workflows.
- Knowledge of child-safety challenges, including secure handling of quarantined content and reporting to NCMEC.
Pay
$266K – $385K USD base salary
Tools
Python, TypeScript, Spark, Kafka, Flink, SQL
AI focus
Integrate new AI models and APIs into practical, AI-powered child-safety systems and applications.
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