Backend Software Engineer, Jobs Platform
About the Role We’re looking for exceptional engineers to help build one of the most transformative applications of AI: using ChatGPT to expand economic opportunity at scale. This is a unique chance to work at the intersection of agents, search/matching, personalization, UX, and real-world economic impact and building
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Backend Software Engineer, Jobs Platform at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About the Role We’re looking for exceptional engineers to help build one of the most transformative applications of AI: using ChatGPT to expand economic opportunity at scale. This is a unique chance to work at the intersection of agents, search/matching, personalization, UX, and real-world economic impact and building
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- Design and ship core systems for search, matching, and recommendation, including candidate-job ranking, retrieval, and personalization pipelines
- Partner closely with research and applied ML teams to productionize models and integrate them into high-scale backend systems
- Run experiments and iterate on ranking models and recommendation strategies to improve long-term success metrics
- Build high-trust, scalable systems that support millions of job seekers and employers
- Work closely with product, design, research, and ops to create human-centered experiences powered by AI
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building highly-available user-facing products
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