Full Stack Software Engineer, API Experience

OpenAI

Full Stack Software Engineer developing and scaling OpenAI's API products and developer experiences. Collaborating cross-functionally to enhance API-related developer tools and documentation.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $293,000 - $385,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoPythonReactRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and scale developer-facing products including the OpenAI API Playground, documentation experiences, onboarding flows, examples, and API workflow tools.
Own full stack projects end to end, from product definition and UX collaboration through backend implementation, launch, measurement, and iteration.
Improve the systems that generate, maintain, and publish SDKs, API references, docs, guides, and developer examples.
Partner with API, research, design, and infrastructure teams to bring new model capabilities and API primitives to developers in a clear, usable way.
Use developer feedback, product analytics, and direct customer insight to identify friction and improve the API experience.
Help set technical and product direction for a new NYC-based team with broad ownership over OpenAI’s developer experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional engineering experience, excluding internships, in product-driven engineering teams.
Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and modern web application development.
Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or similar.
Experience designing, building, and operating production APIs, services, databases, or developer tooling.
Strong product judgment and a track record of turning ambiguous developer problems into simple, high-quality product experiences.
Experience with documentation systems, SDKs, API design, developer tools, or technical content pipelines is a strong plus.
Comfort working across product, design, engineering, research, and external developer feedback loops.
Care for reliability, performance, accessibility, and maintainability in production systems.
Interest in AI and developer platforms; direct ML experience is helpful but not required.
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with loosely defined problems and competing priorities.

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

TypeScriptReactPythonGoRustAPI designSDKsweb application developmentdeveloper toolingproduction systems

Soft Skills

product judgmentproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationadaptabilitycustomer insightattention to detailreliabilityperformance careaccessibility