# Software Engineer, API Frontiers at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $266K to $445K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/b6a86e39-8059-4ccf-8d33-1bf5bd92fa86
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-software-engineer-api-frontiers/

## About the role

We are looking for a backend software engineer to build and operate the services behind the Responses API. You will shape API behavior, bring new capabilities from research into production, and make long-running agent workflows dependable and fast. The work combines distributed systems engineering with product judgment: designing useful developer interfaces, managing staged rollouts, and following production issues through to durable fixes.

Tags: Core Product & Platform