Principal Software Engineer, ProductivityNew$459K–$536K

The opportunity

The Connector Ecosystem team builds the platform and product experiences that let people extend ChatGPT and Codex. We work on plugins, skills, connectors, interactive apps, and open standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

What you'll do

  • Set technical direction and lead complex initiatives across the Plugin: Ecosystem, aligning architecture and execution across teams.

  • Drive product and design decisions with cross-functional partners, helping: define priorities and shape intuitive experiences for users and developers.

  • Design and ship APIs, SDKs, and services that developers use to extend ChatGPT and Codex.

  • Build intuitive experiences that help users discover, install, and use plugins to get more done.

  • Make plugins easier to create, test, publish, update, and share.

  • Improve when and how models use plugins, from choosing the right plugin to: completing a task. Work with Research to diagnose failures and measure improvements as models evolve.

What they're looking for

  • Improve plugin reliability and interaction quality across ChatGPT and Codex,: including interactive apps, with clear error messages and recovery paths.
  • Build consistent permissions, approvals, and admin controls that help: individuals and organizations confidently adopt plugins.
  • Work with developers and partners to turn recurring problems into: improvements to the platform, tooling, and documentation.
  • Collaborate across engineering, Product, Research, Security, and Trust &: Safety to scale plugin infrastructure and deliver safe, reliable execution.