OpenAI currently has 235 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are in the application stage, accounting for 32% of the total, followed closely by the agents stage at 29%. The dominant function for hiring is Engineering, with 168 positions. Frequent tech tags include model_serving, evals, and agent_orchestration, suggesting a focus on deploying and managing AI models. In the last 30 days, OpenAI posted 50 new AI roles, representing a 14% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 199 active AI roles, down 24% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $230k–$555k (avg $372k).
OpenAI currently has 254 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: AI Deployment Engineer (4), Partner AI Deployment Engineer - AWS (4), AI Deployment Engineer - Startups (3), AI Deployment Engineer- Codex (3), AI Deployment Engineer, Startups (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
OpenAI's active AI hiring is concentrated in: application (33%), agents (28%), serving infrastructure (10%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
OpenAI is hiring AI talent in: United States (203 roles), United Kingdom (14 roles), Japan (6 roles), Germany (5 roles).
Job postings at OpenAI most frequently reference: model serving, agent orchestration, evals, llm observability, inference infra.
In the past 30 days, OpenAI has posted 56 new AI-related roles.
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| System Power Engineer, Consumer Devices Seeking a System Power Engineer to characterize, measure, and optimize power consumption on embedded hardware products for AI-powered consumer devices. This role involves building power test automation, measuring subsystem power usage, and driving improvements in battery life, thermal behavior, charging performance, and system reliability. The engineer will collaborate with Electrical Engineering and system software teams to establish methodologies and metrics for power efficiency. | — | 0 |
| System Performance Engineer, Consumer Devices This role focuses on optimizing the performance of AI-powered consumer devices, specifically profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing performance across embedded hardware, operating systems, and applications. The engineer will define product KPIs, build performance tooling, and drive optimizations from lab to launch. | — | 0 |
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| Salesforce Ads Systems Engineer This role focuses on building and engineering Salesforce solutions for OpenAI's emerging ads business. The primary responsibility is to create scalable and auditable systems for advertiser lifecycle management, campaign readiness, approvals, and revenue operations, integrating Salesforce with various ads and billing platforms. It's an execution-heavy builder role within the Enterprise Platform team. | — | 0 |
| Start-up Communications Manager, EMEA OpenAI is seeking a PR professional to support start-up, developer, and B2B communications across EMEA. This role will build awareness, understanding, and trust with founders, developers, and business audiences by showcasing how OpenAI helps companies build and scale, and how developers use their technology. Responsibilities include leading the EMEA communications program for start-up and B2B teams, managing campaigns and events, preparing briefing materials, and building relationships with media and influencers. | — | 0 |
| B2B Partner Marketer, EMEA Marketing role focused on B2B partner marketing in EMEA, responsible for translating global priorities into regional programs to drive awareness, pipeline, and customer adoption through strategic partners. The role involves shaping joint marketing strategy, building operating models, and executing go-to-market plans with partners like AWS, Accenture, and BCG. | — | 0 |
| Biosafety Red Teaming Specialist This role focuses on red teaming for biosafety and managing bio bounty programs, identifying and mitigating biological and CBRN risks associated with AI systems. It requires deep subject-matter expertise in biological risks and an adversarial mindset to assess potential misuse of AI capabilities. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineer, Soft Goods Design Mechanical Engineer to lead the engineering, characterization, and productionization of flexible and compliant components in robotic platforms. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate material concepts into engineered subsystems that meet functional, durability, and manufacturing requirements. Focus on understanding soft material behavior in dynamic mechanical systems and designing assemblies that perform consistently at scale. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Private Computing Software Engineer to design, build, and scale novel privacy features and infrastructure for OpenAI's products (ChatGPT, API, consumer devices), focusing on confidential computing, trusted execution environments, and end-to-end encryption to ensure user data privacy. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineer, Sensing Mechanical Engineer focused on designing and prototyping tactile, proprioceptive, and force sensor solutions for the Robotics team at OpenAI, integrating hardware and software for general-purpose robotics and AGI-level intelligence. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Design Engineer Seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, integration, and sustaining engineering of mechanical subsystems in robotic platforms, working closely with AI capabilities and physical systems to improve lives. This role involves hands-on work with hardware from prototype through early production, focusing on mechanical system design fundamentals. | — | 0 |
| Head of Communications, Business This role is for a Head of Communications, Business at OpenAI, focusing on shaping and driving the company's B2B communication strategy. The individual will lead press narratives, media engagement, and build credibility with business and technical stakeholders, acting as a strategic advisor to senior leadership. The role requires extensive experience in enterprise/B2B communications within high-growth tech environments and the ability to build and scale communication functions. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Web Layer Software Engineer, Web Layer at OpenAI, focusing on the web-based systems and user experiences for the Codex desktop client application. This role involves designing and implementing infrastructure and features end-to-end, working on both backend C++ and Chromium, with some TypeScript and Python for infrastructure. The goal is to create a hybrid agentic/interactive web browser. | — | 0 |
| Account Director, Large Enterprise Enterprise Account Director for OpenAI, focusing on selling AI products to large businesses. This role involves managing key accounts, driving sales cycles, developing strategies, and owning revenue targets. It requires technical understanding, partnership building, and collaboration with internal teams like solutions and research engineering. | — | 0 |
| Account Director, Government Scale Account Director for OpenAI's Government team, focusing on scaled sales motions for federal, state, and local government customers. This full-cycle sales role involves managing a portfolio of smaller/mid-sized agencies, creating opportunities through outbound outreach, coordinating with partners, and closing deals, while also identifying larger strategic opportunities for handover. The role requires strong sales skills, operational discipline, and the ability to guide government organizations in adopting AI products responsibly. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Procurement Operations - Hardware This role is for a Senior Manager of Procurement Operations focused on Hardware at OpenAI. The primary responsibility is to own and manage the operational flow of goods and hardware purchasing, from request intake to purchase orders, supplier coordination, and invoice support. The role involves redesigning workflows, improving systems, and implementing automation and AI-enabled processes to scale operations. It requires a strong understanding of procurement, supply chain, fiscal controls, and accounting practices, with experience in complex physical-goods environments. The role is hands-on, requiring both operational execution and process redesign. | — | 0 |
| IT Logistics Lead, Singapore This role is for an IT Logistics Lead in Singapore responsible for managing and scaling IT logistics operations across the APAC region. The role involves hands-on inventory management, vendor relationships, asset management, contractor oversight, and improving logistics systems and processes using AI and automation. The goal is to ensure reliable, accurate, and scalable device logistics for all employees. | — | 0 |
| Account Director, Digital Natives - DACH Account Director for Digital Natives in the DACH region at OpenAI, responsible for driving new API Platform opportunities, managing the sales cycle, and achieving revenue targets. This role involves technical understanding, partnership, and value-driven strategy to help customers leverage AI products. | — | 0 |
| Business Affairs Manager This role supports OpenAI's Hardware team by managing Business Affairs workstreams for marketing projects, including confidential product launches. The manager will oversee rights, clearances, contracts, vendor requirements, and risk decisions, ensuring compliance and scalability. The role involves shaping BA processes, partnering with various internal teams and external partners, and managing day-to-day execution of workflows. Experience in advertising/marketing/production business affairs, particularly with hardware or confidential pre-launch work, is required. | — | 0 |
| Account Director, Digital Natives - Israel Account Director for Digital Natives at OpenAI, responsible for driving sales opportunities, managing customer accounts, and achieving revenue targets. This role involves technical understanding, strategic planning, and collaboration with internal teams to help customers leverage AI products. | — | 0 |
| Integrated Marketing Manager OpenAI is seeking an Integrated Marketing Manager to lead multi-channel marketing campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and conversion across key audiences. This role requires a creative thinker and skilled collaborator to develop and execute marketing strategies for consumer, enterprise, and developer audiences, working cross-functionally to bring plans to life and elevate scaled marketing efforts. | — | 0 |
| Systems Software Engineer, Security, First Party Hardware This role focuses on the end-to-end security foundation for OpenAI's first-party AI hardware systems, covering hardware security, embedded security, system security, and deployment at data center scale. Responsibilities include defining and delivering system-level device trust, from boot integrity to decommissioning, and translating threat models into requirements and validation evidence. The role requires extensive experience in hardware and embedded security, with a strong understanding of applied cryptography and systems programming. | — | 0 |
| International Benefits Lead This role is for an International Benefits Manager at OpenAI, responsible for designing, implementing, and scaling benefits programs worldwide. The focus is on managing, optimizing, and governing the international benefits portfolio, including leading renewals, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring competitiveness and compliance. The role requires strong program management skills and expertise in international benefits. | — | 0 |
| Senior Vendor Manager, SMB Sales This role is for a Senior Vendor Manager focused on SMB Sales at OpenAI. The primary responsibility is to manage and drive performance of outsourced SMB sales vendors, ensuring consistency, quality, and speed in sales execution. The role involves inspecting funnel health, identifying root causes of performance issues, holding vendor leaders accountable, and implementing corrective action plans. It requires a strong understanding of sales funnel metrics and experience in scaled sales operations, particularly with outsourced vendors in a high-velocity commercial environment. While the company is OpenAI, this role is in sales operations and vendor management, not directly building or researching AI. | — | 0 |
| Startup Content Marketing Lead This role focuses on content marketing for startups using OpenAI's AI products, aiming to drive awareness, engagement, and adoption. It involves defining co-marketing strategies, creating social-first content, and translating field successes into durable content franchises. The goal is to help startups build successfully with OpenAI and demonstrate the measurable GTM impact of AI adoption. | — | 0 |
| Compute & Infrastructure Accounting Manager This role manages the accounting and financial reporting for OpenAI's compute and infrastructure lease-related activities, including data centers, servers, and equipment. It involves evaluating complex lease accounting matters, operationalizing new programs, and designing processes and systems to support accurate and scalable accounting operations. The position requires strong US GAAP knowledge, particularly in lease accounting and consolidation, and the ability to work cross-functionally with various teams. | — | 0 |
| Associate General Counsel, Hardware IP OpenAI is seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead global hardware IP portfolio initiatives, including patent, trademark, and other intellectual property matters. This role involves setting strategic direction, creating scalable processes, developing internal policies, engaging externally on policy issues, advising on IP deals, and building internal AI expertise for the legal team. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of hardware IP experience, a JD, and a strong sense of ownership. | — | 0 |
| Enterprise Relationship Manager, Customer Marketing This role focuses on managing relationships with enterprise customers to showcase their successful use of OpenAI's products, turning these outcomes into proof points for marketing and sales efforts. It involves identifying advocates, building trust with senior stakeholders, and coordinating across various internal teams and external customers for co-marketing and advocacy programs. | — | 0 |
| Inventory and Cost Accounting Lead The Inventory and Cost Accounting Lead will build and scale manufacturing accounting and product costing capabilities for consumer hardware and robotics businesses. This role involves establishing costing methodologies, inventory valuation, manufacturing close procedures, and reporting infrastructure, partnering closely with Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations. Key responsibilities include leading product costing, inventory accounting, ERP implementation (Oracle Fusion), financial close, reporting, controls, and cross-functional leadership to support rapid growth and product launches. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer OpenAI is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to own and drive the manufacturing test strategy, development, and execution for complex AI hardware systems. This role involves defining and implementing test coverage across the product lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring manufacturing test readiness from early development through volume production. The engineer will analyze test data, debug failures, improve yield, and drive continuous improvement of test processes for AI hardware. | — | 0 |
| Head of GTM Partnerships, EMEA OpenAI is seeking an experienced EMEA GTM Partnerships Lead to build and scale its partner ecosystem across Europe. This role will own the regional partnerships strategy and execution, focusing on driving enterprise adoption, revenue growth, and customer success through strategic alliances with GSIs, consulting firms, cloud providers, and other service providers. The lead will be responsible for partner strategy, revenue generation, ecosystem development, operational excellence, and team leadership, ultimately aiming to establish OpenAI as the foundational AI platform for enterprises in Europe. | — | 0 |
| Order Management & Billing Lead, Cloud Marketplaces & Partnerships - AWS This role focuses on managing and scaling order management and billing operations, particularly for cloud marketplaces and partner channels like AWS. It involves end-to-end billing lifecycle management, process design, automation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure accurate and timely invoicing. The role aims to embed AI and automation into workflows to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Hardware Partnerships This role focuses on strategic hardware partnerships, managing relationships with silicon, systems, and manufacturing partners to support OpenAI's product roadmap. It involves defining joint strategies, structuring and negotiating complex agreements, and managing operational rhythms and impact measurement. The role requires deep experience in hardware ecosystems, supply chain, and commercial leadership, with a strong ability to influence cross-functional teams and external partners. | — | 0 |
| Global Vendor Manager, Ads This role is for a Global Vendor Manager on the Ads team at OpenAI. The primary responsibility is to build and scale the vendor operating model for the Ads business globally, focusing on operational excellence, performance management, governance, and forecasting. The role involves partnering with various internal teams and external vendors to drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and customer experiences. While the role mentions leveraging AI and automation, its core function is in sales operations and vendor management, not in building or deploying AI models. | — | 0 |
| Counsel, Commercial Experienced commercial attorney to support OpenAI's growing business, focusing on negotiating agreements, providing legal advice on commercial, product, regulatory, and privacy issues, and developing scalable legal frameworks for responsible growth. The role involves advising on AI and technology-related regulatory and compliance matters. | — | 0 |
| GTM Strategy & Operations, Enterprise This role is in GTM Strategy & Operations for Enterprise at OpenAI, focusing on driving revenue growth, improving business execution, and operationalizing go-to-market initiatives. It involves strategic planning, analyzing business performance, supporting forecasting, developing growth strategies for new products, and building scalable processes. The role requires strong analytical and operational skills, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to translate data into actionable insights for leadership. | — | 0 |
| Host Systems Software Engineer OpenAI is seeking an experienced systems software engineer to design and build the host software stack for their custom next-generation AI systems. This role involves working closely with hardware on performance-critical software, including Linux kernel drivers, high-throughput I/O paths, and system-scale networking. Responsibilities include platform bring-up, debugging, performance optimization, and developing software for PCIe, DMA, NICs, and accelerators. The role requires strong C/C++ and Linux systems fundamentals, with experience in areas like kernel drivers, networking, or RDMA. | — | 0 |
| Executive Protection Operator The Executive Protection Operator role at OpenAI is responsible for safeguarding OpenAI's executives and key employees by providing security support during travel, events, and daily operations. This role requires proficiency in firearms handling, conducting threat assessments, advance work, and coordinating with various stakeholders to mitigate security risks. The operator must be able to respond to emergencies with discretion and maintain a flexible schedule to meet operational needs. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Sourcing Lead, Technology (Ads and Consumer Verticals) This role focuses on strategic sourcing and vendor management for OpenAI's advertising technology stack and consumer verticals, including health and finance. The lead will manage commercial execution, negotiate deals, ensure vendor support for product launches, and coordinate reviews for regulated data. The goal is to scale monetization efficiently while managing cost, risk, and operational fragility. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Investments & Consolidation Accounting Director Director of Strategic Investments & Consolidation Accounting at OpenAI, responsible for leading accounting, governance, reporting, and operational processes for strategic investments, consolidation matters, ownership structures, and complex transactions. This role requires deep U.S. GAAP expertise, experience with investment accounting, and the ability to build and scale accounting functions. | — | 0 |
| Audiovisual Design Engineer This role is for an Audiovisual Design Engineer at OpenAI, responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the company's conference room audio-visual and video conferencing infrastructure globally. The role involves setting AV standards, managing hardware and software, ensuring reliability and scalability, and integrating AV systems with core IT services. Experience with enterprise AV systems, networking, and IT support is required. | — | 0 |
| Government Account Director, National Security This role is for a Government Account Director focused on National Security customers, responsible for driving sales of OpenAI's AI products within the Defense and Intelligence Communities. It requires deep understanding of the defense sales cycle, strong relationships with senior executives, and the ability to collaborate with technical teams to tailor solutions for customer needs. | — | 0 |
| Partner Director - AWS Alliance Partnership, APAC This role is for a Partner Director focused on the AWS alliance in the APAC region for OpenAI. The primary responsibility is to build and execute the regional GTM strategy with AWS, enabling partners to build and scale OpenAI-powered solutions on AWS infrastructure. This involves driving joint account planning, co-sell execution, and developing repeatable solutions and playbooks. While the role supports AI adoption and solutions, the core function is alliance management and GTM strategy, not direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Head of Insurance and Risk Management This role is for a Head of Insurance and Risk Management at OpenAI, responsible for establishing and leading the global insurance function. The position involves developing a risk financing strategy, protecting the company's balance sheet, and managing various insurance programs, including those related to emerging AI exposures. The role requires deep expertise in corporate insurance, enterprise risk management, and experience with complex commercial insurance structures and captive insurance companies. While the company is in AI, this specific role focuses on the financial and risk management aspects, not the direct development or deployment of AI models or systems. | — | 0 |
| Physical Security Systems Engineer This role is for a Physical Security Systems Engineer at OpenAI, responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining physical security systems such as access control, video surveillance, and GSOC workflows across global facilities. The role involves troubleshooting technical issues, managing operational tickets, coordinating with integrators and vendors, and partnering with IT/NetEng and Workplace teams to ensure system reliability and scalability. The focus is on hybrid physical security infrastructure engineering, operational systems support, stakeholder coordination, and vendor management, aiming to improve operational consistency and reduce manual work through automation opportunities. | — | 0 |
| Regional Manager, Ads Solutions (APAC) Regional Manager, Ads Solutions (APAC) to lead and scale OpenAI’s advertising business across Asia-Pacific. Oversees a distributed team of Client Partners and Customer Success Managers supporting advertisers across the region. Drives regional revenue growth, builds and develops high-performing teams, and establishes OpenAI as a trusted partner to advertisers throughout APAC. Owns regional commercial performance while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and Policy teams. | — | 0 |
| Physical Security Systems Engineer This role is for a Physical Security Systems Engineer at OpenAI, responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining physical security systems such as access control, video surveillance, and GSOC workflows across global facilities. The role involves troubleshooting technical issues, managing operational tickets, coordinating with vendors, and partnering with IT and Facilities teams to ensure system reliability and scalability. It requires a hands-on approach to infrastructure engineering and operational support, with a focus on improving consistency and automation. | — | 0 |
| Physical Security Systems Engineer - APAC This role is for a Physical Security Systems Engineer responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining physical security systems (access control, video surveillance) across APAC for OpenAI's facilities. It involves technical support, troubleshooting, system integration, documentation, and improving operational processes, partnering with IT, Facilities, and Security Operations. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management to help shape and scale OpenAI’s risk and controls framework across several dynamic business domains. This role will focus on identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating operational and financial risk across areas such as payments, equity, strategic investments, procurement, people processes, systems, third-party dependencies, and other finance-critical workflows. | — | 0 |
| Partner Manager, Cloud Service Provider Partnerships This role focuses on managing strategic partnerships with major cloud service providers to scale the availability and use of OpenAI's models. The Partner Manager will build and lead these partnerships, ensuring strong delivery with Research, Product, and Engineering, and coordinating with GTM and Marketing. The goal is to drive customer adoption, unlock new capabilities, and extend OpenAI's platform, ultimately turning agreements into reliable launches and sustained impact. The role requires a product-focused, high-judgment senior operator with experience in cloud provider operations and complex enterprise technology partnerships. | — | 0 |