Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $266K - $445K. Posted on Aug 5, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are looking for an exceptional backend software engineer to help define and ship the enterprise capabilities our API Platform needs to scale.; this is a product-engineering role grounded in deep backend systems. You will work across databases, streaming systems, request routing, authentication, and developer-facing APIs while bringing strong product judgment, developer empathy, and attention to the small details…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
Hiring at OpenAI
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