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Full Stack Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen

OpenAI· Applied AI
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Hybrid (San Francisco)$347k - $445k + equityFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Full Stack Engineer to own end-to-end features for image generation and editing within ChatGPT, spanning frontend, backend, APIs, and data infrastructure to enable multimodal AI-powered visual creation at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and launch end-to-end product experiences for image generation and image editing within ChatGPT.
  • Develop highly interactive frontend experiences that make sophisticated AI capabilities feel intuitive, fast, and delightful.
  • Build scalable backend services, APIs, and workflows that power image creation, editing, storage, sharing, and retrieval.
  • Partner closely with researchers to rapidly prototype and productionize new multimodal capabilities.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, and Engineering teams to identify high-impact opportunities and execute against them.
  • Own projects from concept through launch, including technical design, implementation, experimentation, measurement, and iteration.
  • Optimize performance across the stack, from frontend responsiveness and rendering to backend latency, reliability, and scalability.
  • Design systems that can support millions of users generating and interacting with visual content simultaneously.
  • Leverage experimentation and user insights to improve engagement, usability, quality, and product outcomes.
  • Contribute to engineering best practices around architecture, testing, observability, developer productivity, and operational excellence.
  • Help define the future roadmap for AI-powered creative tools and visual experiences.

Qualifications

  • Have experience building and shipping production-grade applications across both frontend and backend systems.
  • Are comfortable working with modern web technologies such as React, TypeScript, and contemporary frontend frameworks.
  • Have experience building scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • Enjoy owning products end-to-end and can seamlessly move between user experience challenges and infrastructure decisions.
  • Have strong product instincts and enjoy thinking deeply about how users interact with technology.
  • Are highly analytical and comfortable using experimentation, metrics, and user feedback to drive decision-making.
  • Thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve quickly and new opportunities emerge constantly.
  • Enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners including researchers, designers, product managers, and data scientists.
  • Are excited by multimodal AI and motivated by the opportunity to define entirely new ways for people to create and communicate visually.
  • Have experience with media platforms, creative tools, image processing, content creation products, or AI-powered applications (a plus).

Skills

Required:ReactTypeScriptFrontend frameworksBackend services & APIsData-driven decision making
Nice to have:Distributed systems

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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