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OpenAI

Senior Data Engineer, Core Experimentation

OpenAI

. Design, build and manage our data pipelines, ensuring all user event data is seamlessly integrated into our data warehouse.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $293,000 - $325,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowETLHadoopHDFSJavaPythonScalaSpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, build and manage our data pipelines, ensuring all user event data is seamlessly integrated into our data warehouse.
  • Develop canonical datasets to track key product metrics including user growth, engagement, and revenue.
  • Work collaboratively with various teams, including, Infrastructure, Data Science, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Research to understand their data needs and provide solutions.
  • Implement robust and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion and processing.
  • Participate in data architecture and engineering decisions, bringing your strong experience and knowledge to bear.
  • Ensure the security, integrity, and compliance of data according to industry and company standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Have 3+ years of experience as a data engineer and 8+ years of any software engineering experience(including data engineering).
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.
  • Experience with distributed processing technologies and frameworks, such as Hadoop, Flink and distributed storage systems (e.g., HDFS, S3).
  • Expertise with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar frameworks.
  • Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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 (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • 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, may also be provided.

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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringPythonScalaJavaHadoopFlinkHDFSS3ETLSpark
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationdata analysisteamworkadaptabilitycritical thinkingattention to detailorganizational skillsleadership