OpenAI
Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · San Francisco
Employer listed it 12 days ago · Added 5 days ago
First listed 12 days ago and still open.
Salary
$185,000 to $305,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around San Francisco, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "San Francisco, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
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About the role
About the Team
The ChatGPT organization at OpenAI supports our mission by bringing advanced AI capabilities to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. The Image Generation team is responsible for one of the fastest-growing experiences in ChatGPT, enabling users to create, edit, and transform images through natural language. Recent advances in our multimodal image models have dramatically improved image quality, instruction following, editing precision, consistency, and text rendering, unlocking entirely new creative and professional workflows.
We work at the intersection of research, infrastructure, and product to build the systems that power image generation at global scale. Our team partners closely with researchers, product engineers, designers, and platform teams to bring state-of-the-art image capabilities to millions of users while continuously pushing the boundaries of what AI-powered creation can do.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join the Image Generation team and help build the systems that power image creation and editing across ChatGPT.
You'll work on the core backend infrastructure that enables users to generate, edit, and iterate on visual content using cutting-edge multimodal AI models. This includes building highly scalable services, orchestration systems, APIs, storage platforms, and distributed infrastructure that support billions of image generations and editing workflows. You'll partner closely with product, research, and mobile teams to transform breakthrough AI capabilities into reliable, performant experiences used by millions around the world.
In this role, you will:
Design, build, and operate backend systems that power image generation and image editing experiences in ChatGPT.
Develop scalable APIs, services, and infrastructure that support multimodal AI workflows.
Optimize reliability, latency, throughput, and cost across large-scale distributed systems.
Partner with researchers to productionize new image generation capabilities and bring them to users quickly and safely.
Collaborate closely with Android, iOS, web, and full-stack engineers to build seamless end-to-end product experiences.
Drive technical architecture decisions across storage, serving, orchestration, and platform systems.
Use data and experimentation to identify opportunities for improving user experience, performance, and system efficiency.
Help shape engineering culture through technical leadership, mentorship, and operational excellence.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Have experience building and operating large-scale backend or distributed systems.
Have strong proficiency in modern backend technologies and cloud-native architectures.
Enjoy working across the stack and partnering closely with product and research teams.
Have experience designing APIs, service-oriented architectures, and highly reliable production systems.
Are highly analytical and enjoy using data to inform technical and product decisions.
Have a strong sense of ownership and are comfortable navigating ambiguity in fast-moving environments.
Are excited by multimodal AI and the opportunity to help define the infrastructure powering the future of visual creation.
Have a deep curiosity about how cutting-edge AI research can be translated into products that reach millions of users.
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at OpenAI, mentioning your remote working experience.
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Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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