# Principal Software Engineer, Productivity at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $459K to $536K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/dd9c7c04-7181-4c65-9c6a-0e04313e3707?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-principal-software-engineer-productivity/

## About the role

We’re looking for a product-minded Principal Software Engineer to set technical direction, build the systems behind plugins, and improve how models use them. Depending on your focus, you may scale generalist infrastructure and identity-related integrations across products, improve plugin quality at the intersection of backend engineering and applied AI, or work on the product experience itself to drive plugin usage. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

Tags: Applied AI

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-principal-software-engineer-productivity/