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# Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

- **Company:** OpenAI Inc.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Rust (Programming Language), Data Storage Technologies, Backend, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** June 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/17308638/Backend-Software-Engineer-Applied-Foundations-California-Mountain-View

## About the Role

* Have strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++).
 * Have experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
 * Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
 * Enjoy building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity.
 * Are self-directed and enjoy figuring out the best way to solve a particular problem
 * Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.

## Description

We're hiring Backend Software Engineers to design and implement safe services and infrastructure that power our core products.

What You'll Do

 * Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
 * Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
 * Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
 * Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against and mitigate adversarial attacks without compromising user experience.


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