OpenAI is looking for a software engineer to own the design of their APIs, which are their core product and used by millions of developers and enterprises worldwide. The goal is to ensure the API design and development are meticulously crafted to provide the best possible developer experience and shape the future roadmap of the OpenAI API.
Requirements
- Design and build products that we launch in API extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite.
- Play a major role in our API Review process working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard.
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world.
Responsibilities
- Design and build products that we launch in API extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite.
- Play a major role in our API Review process working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard.
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world.
Other
- Appreciate taste in API design you believe there are well designed APIs and poorly designed APIs
- Can thrive and operate independently in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and goals
- Love building for other developers, and thrive on feedback from opinionated users
- Are an engineer at heart, but are willing to lean into product decisions.
- Think of APIs as ladders.
