OpenAI
Software Engineer, OpenAI Presence
$230K–$385K
San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Oct 3, 2026
- Experience
- 9+ years of professional engineering experience, excluding internships.
About the job
Build and guide the Presence platform’s backend systems and product capabilities for reliable, high-volume AI-agent workflows in enterprise settings.
What you'll do
- Guide architecture and implementation across the Presence platform.
- Design and build reliable backend systems and agent-development capabilities for high-volume workflows.
- Diagnose reliability bottlenecks and collaborate across infrastructure and product experiences.
What they ask for
- Hands-on technical leadership, including architecture decisions and guiding engineers through delivery.
- Deep backend engineering and systems-design skills, including proficiency in at least one backend programming language.
- Ownership of complex systems or product capabilities from requirements and design through launch and production iteration.
- Production engineering judgment in diagnosing failures and improving performance, scalability, and reliability.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI agents, enterprise workflows, integrations, or agent development and evaluation.
Pay
$230K – $385K USD base salary
AI focus
Build a platform for dependable AI agents handling enterprise workflows, including capabilities for agent development and learning from real-world use.
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