OpenAI
Principal Software Engineer, ChatGPT Education and Learning
$459K–$536K
San Francisco · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads the technical direction and end-to-end development of ChatGPT learning products, building user experiences and scalable services that bring AI capabilities to learners.
What you'll do
- Lead development of learning experiences from exploration through production and iteration.
- Set technical direction, guide architecture, and build multimodal features, scalable services, and APIs.
- Partner with product, design, research, and engineering teams on product decisions; improve quality and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience and a record of shipping full-stack products.
- Experience leading complex technical initiatives and making architecture decisions.
- Experience driving product and design decisions with product managers and designers.
Nice to have
- Experience building interactive educational tools or learning products.
- Experience developing AI-powered applications or systems built around large language models.
Pay
$459K – $536K (base salary)
Tools
ChatGPT
AI focus
Build multimodal learning experiences and bring new AI and model capabilities into ChatGPT products.
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