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OpenAI

Backend Software Engineer Gtm Innovation San Francisco

Comp$230K – $385K

Classified Tasks (24)

Automate 0%Augment 75%Human-Only 25%

Augment (18)

AI assists, human decides

Apply advanced capabilities to real-world interactions

technical

Reshape conversations with customers

communication

Capture and analyze learnings from customer and internal exchanges

analytical

Design novel demonstrations that showcase the value of OpenAI’s technology

creative

Identify leverage points within GTM workflows for automation or improvement

analytical

Ship novel solutions using the OpenAI API platform

technical

Move prototypes to production rapidly

technical

Design and implement customer-facing experiences in the field

technical

Build high-impact applications and tools that accelerate go-to-market efforts

technical

Create prototypes for GTM products and features

technical

Iterate on prototypes based on user and stakeholder feedback

creative

Ship GTM products and features to production

technical

Maintain and operate GTM applications and tools in production

operational

Build solutions tailored to identified user needs

technical

Apply OpenAI models in novel ways to solve customer and internal workflow problems

technical

Translate product and interaction learnings into actionable feedback for Applied teams

communication

Translate product and interaction learnings into actionable feedback for Research teams

communication

Inform product development through feedback and empirical findings

analytical

Human-Only (6)

Requires human judgment

Partner with go-to-market teams to map and understand their workflows

operational

Embed with Sales, Technical Success, and Revenue Operations teams to collaborate on solutions

communication

Identify user needs through embedded collaboration with GTM teams

analytical

Own end-to-end product outcomes for GTM initiatives

leadership

Collaborate with end users to refine product requirements and workflows

communication

Help define new categories of enterprise software through product design and delivery

creative

Job description

--- BEGIN UNTRUSTED EXTERNAL CONTENT (source: https://openai.com/careers/backend-software-engineer-gtm-innovation-san-francisco/) --- Skip to main contentResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Log inTry ChatGPT(opens in a new window)ResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation | OpenAICareersBackend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation GTM Innovation - San FranciscoApply now(opens in a new window)About the TeamThe GTM (Go-To-Market) Innovation team is an internal powerhouse revolutionizing how we engage customers through groundbreaking applications of our technology. As an incubator, we amplify the impact of Sales, Technical Success, Enablement, and Revenue Operations by deploying our technology at scale. This team applies advanced capabilities to real-world interactions — reshaping conversations with customers, learning from every exchange, and finding novel ways to show the value of our technology.About the RoleWe’re looking for backend software engineers with a product mindset to join the GTM Innovation team.You’ll help OpenAI meet the world at scale. You’ll partner closely with go-to-market teams to understand their workflows, identify leverage points, and ship novel solutions using OpenAI’s API platform.You’ll move quickly from prototype to production, and your work will directly shape how customers experience our technology in the field. This role is ideal for engineers who want to be close to users, own end-to-end outcomes, and help define entirely new categories of enterprise software.In this role, you will:Build high-impact applications and tools that accelerate OpenAI’s go-to-market effortsWork across the full product lifecycle for GTM: prototype, iterate, ship, and maintainEmbed with Sales, Technical Success, and Revenue Operations to identify user needs and build for themApply OpenAI’s models in novel ways to solve real-world customer and internal workflow problemsTranslate learnings into feedback for Applied and Research teams to inform product developmentYou’ll thrive in this role if you:Have 4+ years of experience as a software/ML/product engineer working on user-facing systemsFormer founder, or early engineer at a startup who built a product from scratch is a plusAre fluent in Python or JavaScript and comfortable building full-stack applicationsHave built or prototyped LLM-powered workflows using the OpenAI API (or similar)Take initiative, move quickly, and operate with a strong sense of ownershipEnjoy working closely with end users and shaping 0→1 productsAre collaborative, curious, and motivated to make an outsized impact at the frontier of AIAbout OpenAIOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorp
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