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Software Engineer, Healthcare

OpenAI· Applied AI
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Hybrid (San Francisco)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Backend and full-stack software engineer role within OpenAI's Healthcare team, building systems that connect OpenAI products with healthcare data and enterprise workflows, with a focus on privacy, security, reliability, and scalability in healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build backend and full-stack systems powering OpenAI’s healthcare products.
  • Build services, APIs, and data pipelines that connect OpenAI products with healthcare systems and enterprise data.
  • Develop integrations with electronic health records and other healthcare data sources.
  • Design systems that meet demanding requirements around privacy, security, permissions, compliance, and data governance.
  • Own features and systems from early architecture and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Build reliable systems capable of handling complex data flows, partial failures, and evolving integration requirements.
  • Partner closely with product, research, security, privacy, GTM, and healthcare organizations to translate real-world workflows into scalable products.
  • Improve the reliability, performance, observability, and operational maturity of production healthcare systems.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous technical problems and drive them toward practical, durable solutions.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience writing maintainable, production-quality software.
  • Strong experience with backend services, APIs, data systems, or distributed systems.
  • Comfortable reasoning about system architecture, data models, authentication, permissions, and integration boundaries.
  • Experience owning production systems at scale, including observability, testing, incident response, migrations, and rollout.
  • Ability to move between product requirements and technical architecture without losing ownership of either.
  • High agency and comfort taking ambiguous problems from definition through production.
  • Enjoy working directly with cross-functional partners and customers to understand complex workflows.
  • Care deeply about reliability, privacy, security, and correctness.
  • Motivated by the opportunity to improve healthcare through AI.

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 to fuel your professional growth
  • 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 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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