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Engineering Manager, Assistants API

OpenAISan Francisco, California, United StatesOnsite
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About the Team


Our team brings OpenAI’s most capable technology to the world through our APIs. Most recently, we released the GPT-4 API, the Assistants API, and the Whisper & TTS API. We empower developers with APIs that offer state-of-the-art AI capabilities – allowing them to build product features that were never before possible.Across all product lines, we ensure that these powerful tools are used responsibly. This is a key part of OpenAI’s path towards safely deploying broadly beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Safety is more important to us than unfettered growth.

About the Role


We are looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead our Assistants API team. This team is responsible for building out the future of how developers will build stateful, long-living AI Assistants on the OpenAI API. You will own the end to end systems that power the Assistants API, and will also collaborate closely with research teams to continue to improve the performance and usability of the tools that Assistants are able to use, such as retrieval and code execution.In this role, you will:


  • Manage and build out a diverse team of high performing full-stack and backend engineers.

  • Build an Assistants API product that developers love to use.

  • Set the direction and roadmap for the Assistants API alongside our product team.

  • Collaborate closely with a broad set of stakeholders, including product, design, go-to-market, and other engineering teams. 

  • Own execution and shipping cadence for the team

  • Coach and nurture engineers to accelerate their growth and learning.

You might thrive in this role if you:


  • Have 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years of experience in engineering management

  • Have prior experience building out external facing API products at consumer internet scale

  • Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable products and systems

  • Care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and have a track record of building inclusive teams

  • Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done

  • Have the ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines

About OpenAI


OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy PolicyAt OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared.

Join us in shaping the future of technology.Compensation Range: $385K

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Life at OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. Their main product is ChatGPT. They've trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer that values diverse perspectives, voices, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.2. Our commitment to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities is demonstrated through our global applicant privacy policy and the option for requests via a provided link.3. We believe in shaping the future of technology by creating AI systems that are safe, reliable, and have human needs at their core. Our mission includes encompassing diverse perspectives, voices, and experiences to benefit all of humanity.4. OpenAI's hybrid work model consists of 3 days in the office per week, promoting a collaborative environment while offering relocation assistance for new employees.5. We prioritize impact by supporting researchers, enabling initiatives that have enduring customer and business impact, focusing on data and insights, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging in robust security practices.6. Our commitment to safety is evident through our emphasis on creating AI systems with human needs at their core and a fast-paced environment that provides individuals with high autonomy while valuing diverse perspectives and experiences.7. OpenAI's dedication to ensuring AI benefits all of humanity includes providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, adhering to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and considering qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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