Software Engineer, Agent PlatformNew$230K–$385K

The opportunity

The Agent Platform team at OpenAI builds the production systems that bring useful AI agents to users around the world. We provide the platform that enables agents to execute code, use tools, and interact with software reliably and securely at scale.

What you'll do

  • Build and operate production services that enable agents to execute code, use: tools, and interact with external systems.

  • Design APIs and platform abstractions that make it easier for product teams: to build and launch agentic experiences.

  • Develop orchestration systems that manage agent execution, state, resource allocation, retries, and recovery.

  • Improve platform reliability, latency, and efficiency through performance: optimization, observability, and capacity planning.

  • Partner with product, research, security, and infrastructure teams to bring: new agent capabilities into production.

  • Own systems through their full lifecycle, from design and implementation to: rollout, monitoring, and ongoing operation.

What they're looking for

  • Have experience building and operating large-scale backend services,: distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Enjoy building shared platforms and APIs that help other engineers move faster.
  • Can take an early prototype, turn it into a reliable service, and evolve it as usage grows.
  • Have a strong understanding of system performance, concurrency, failure modes, and resource management.