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Software Engineer, Localization

OpenAI· Applied AI
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San Francisco$347k - $445kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer on the Internationalization team building localization and international product launch infrastructure and platforms at OpenAI.

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale OpenAI’s localization, content, and experimentation platform used across OpenAI product teams, including open-source components
  • Develop AI-powered translation pipelines combined with human-in-the-loop review workflows
  • Design systems that reliably deliver localized product content across web and mobile apps
  • Build tools that enable linguists and localization teams to review and improve translations
  • Develop developer tooling that simplifies localization and internationalization workflows
  • Build and maintain internationalization libraries used across OpenAI products
  • Design systems that correctly handle numbers, currencies, dates, and pluralization across locales
  • Improve support for multilingual interfaces and right-to-left languages
  • Partner with product teams to improve the international readiness of new features

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering experience building backend or full-stack systems
  • Familiarity with Java, React, MySQL, and cloud infrastructure patterns such as object storage, containerized services, and Kubernetes
  • Enjoy building platforms and internal tools used by many teams
  • Experience with or appreciation for open-source software and developer tooling
  • Interested in combining AI systems with human workflows
  • Care about product quality and global user experience
  • Multilingual proficiency is a plus, and appreciation for cultural and linguistic differences across regions

Skills

Required:Software EngineeringJavaReactMySQLCloud infrastructure (object storage, containerized services, Kubernetes)Localization
Nice to have:Open-source software

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax 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, plus paid coordinated company office closures, 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 offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits (e.g., charitable donation matching, wellness stipends)
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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