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Software Engineer, Integrity Foundations

OpenAI· Applied AI
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San Francisco$266k - $445kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

OpenAI seeks a Software Engineer on the Integrity Foundations team to design, build, and operate systems that detect and prevent abuse, improve user safety, and reduce platform risk at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance systems to detect and prevent various forms of abuse including financial fraud, botting, and scripting.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against and mitigate adversarial attacks without compromising user experience.
  • Assist with response to active incidents on the platform and build new tooling and infrastructure that address the fundamental problems.

Qualifications

  • Have at least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Have experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
  • Care about AI Safety in production environments and have the expertise to build software systems that defend against abuse.
  • Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
  • Build tools to accelerate your own workflows, but only when off-the-shelf solutions would not do.

Skills

Required:Professional software engineeringProduction backend servicesAI safety in production
Nice to have:Incident response tooling

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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