Software Engineer, Monetization Delivery
OpenAI
Software Engineer, Monetization Delivery is a still-open role at OpenAI on Jobrow. Location: On-site · San Francisco · California · United States. Listed pay: $347k–$445k. Sourced from the company's public Ashby board. First seen 2 months ago; last confirmed 9 days ago. Apply on the employer ATS — Jobrow is not the employer.
- Pay
- $347k–$445k
- Workplace
- On-site
- Location
- San Francisco · California · United States
- First seen
- 2 months ago
- Last seen
- 9 days ago
- Board
- Ashby
About this role
ABOUT THE TEAM The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence responsibly.
- Function: Machine learning
- Seniority: mid
Location & pay
On-site · San Francisco · California · United States Listed pay on Jobrow: $347k–$445k.
Source
Jobrow reads the public Ashby board for OpenAI. First seen 2 months ago; last seen 9 days ago. We are not the employer — apply only on the company ATS.
Posting
ABOUT THE TEAM The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence responsibly. Our mission is to develop user-first, privacy-preserving monetization products—including next-generation ads experiences—that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support OpenAI’s long-term innovation. Monetization plays a critical role in enabling OpenAI to continue pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities while ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared. We believe monetization must be aligned with user value, uphold rigorous privacy and safety standards, and sustain a healthy ecosystem of developers and businesses. This team operates in a greenfield environment and moves quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Research to bring research breakthroughs into real-world systems at global scale. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help build the core infrastructure behind OpenAI’s monetization and ads systems. In this foundational role, you’ll architect and implement distributed systems that power OpenAI’s monetization stack—focusing on reliability, performance, privacy, and large-scale operation. You’ll work across backend, systems, and platform layers to define and implement 0→1 infrastructure, partnering closely with Product, Design, and Research to shape the future of monetized AI experiences. Your work will enable both internal and external teams to build on safe, scalable, and robust monetization primitives. This role is exclusively based across our San Francisco & Seattles sites. We offer relocation assistance to new employees. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Design and build the foundational backend and infrastructure powering OpenAI’s monetization and ads systems - Architect large-scale distributed systems that meet strict requirements for reliability, privacy, security, and performance - Develop APIs, infrastructure services, and internal platforms that support ads creation, delivery, measurement, and optimization - Work closely with Product, Research, and Design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions - Drive 0→1 infra development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative improvements - Contribute to the long-term technical strategy and
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