The opportunity
About the Team: OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. Our API is the industry's most widely adopted AI platform, empowering startups, indie developers, and Fortune 500 companies alike.
What you'll do
Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on: multimodal API products—including image generation and Live API .
Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders: to define the strategic vision and product roadmap.
Work closely with our research teams to improve our core multimodal models for API customer use cases.
Guide technical and architectural decisions, emphasizing scalability, robustness, and user experience.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability within your team.
Proven experience managing engineering teams that deliver complex, high-quality products at scale.
What they're looking for
- Strong technical background and proficiency in modern software engineering practices and system architecture.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to effectively coordinate: across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Familiarity with or strong interest in multimodal AI, including speech: technologies, real-time systems, and image generation.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment.
