Engineering Manager, Artifacts

OpenAI

Engineering Manager leading OpenAI’s AI-native artifact creation platform across documents, spreadsheets, slides, and dashboards. Guiding full-stack engineering, model integration, infrastructure, and team growth.

Posted 8/13/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $347,000 - $405,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams while maintaining technical involvement, with a strong foundation in full-stack product engineering and a focus on AI-native creation tools. Capable of balancing product velocity with quality and reliability, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Full-Stack Product EngineeringAI-Native Creation ToolsTeam LeadershipSystem DesignUser Experience

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Hard Skills

ArchitectureCode ReviewDebuggingSystem DesignModel IntegrationProduct Engineering FundamentalsLatency OptimizationReliability EngineeringTechnical DirectionArtifact Creation

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationJudgmentAdaptabilityCollaborationLearning Agility

Industry Keywords

AI-Native Work ProductsEngineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentResearch CollaborationInteractive Artifacts

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, manage, and grow the engineering team building AI-native artifact creation experiences across documents, spreadsheets, slide decks, and emerging formats
Set technical direction across full-stack product systems, generation orchestration, editing and rendering surfaces, storage, reliability, and model integration
Own hands-on architecture, code review, debugging, system design, and critical product decisions
Partner with research teams to translate model capabilities, training needs, evaluations, and behavioral insights into shipped product improvements
Work with product, design, infrastructure, and safety partners to define the artifact creation user experience
Create the engineering plan for the team’s next phase, including hiring, execution milestones, technical investments, and operating cadence
Balance near-term product velocity with long-term platform quality, reliability, extensibility, and developer productivity
Debug complex failures across model behavior, product surfaces, infrastructure, latency, and user-facing quality
Expand the team’s scope from familiar artifact types into new forms of AI-native work products

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading engineering teams while remaining technically close to the work
Strong full-stack product engineering fundamentals across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and model-facing systems
Interest in AI-native creation tools and useful documents, slides, spreadsheets, dashboards, and interactive artifacts
Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with evolving products, model capabilities, and technical architecture
Experience partnering with research, ML, product, design, infrastructure, or data teams
Strong focus on craft, quality, latency, reliability, and user experience
Strong judgment about product-specific systems versus reusable platform foundations
Ability to learn quickly and communicate clearly
Technical depth sufficient to raise the team’s engineering bar
Ability and desire to define and own a new category of AI-native work
Ability to work from the US office three days per week

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
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)
Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge
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 offices
Meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may also be provided
Immigration and sponsorship support may be provided based on individual circumstances