OpenAI

Applied AI

SoftwareEngineer,AdFormats

$230–385k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Engineer, Ad Formats at OpenAI. Skills: Software Engineering, System Architecture, Ad Formats, Product Development. Design rendering and presentation systems. Develop infrastructure and tooling for ad formats”

Industry & Context.

Applied AI
Eligibility Requirements

Relocation assistance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years of experience building high-scale consumer product experiences, creative systems, ads systems, or platform infrastructure, Track record of architecting and delivering complex systems that power user-facing experiences across multiple surfaces, Comfortable working at the intersection of frontend systems, backend infrastructure, design, and product strategy, Communicate clearly, think holistically, and make decisions rooted in both user needs and long-term sustainability

Nice to Have

Experience with ads formats, creative rendering systems, content delivery, design systems, media platforms, or interactive product experiences

What You'll Do.

Design rendering and presentation systems

Develop infrastructure and tooling for ad formats

Build systems for reliable ad rendering

Architect distributed systems and services

Drive 0→1 product development

Contribute to technical strategy

Maintain engineering rigor

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with Product, Design, and Research; Collaborate deeply with Product, Design, and Research

Communication Scope

Communicate clearly

Full Job Description

About the Team The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence responsibly. Our mission is to develop user-first, privacy-preserving monetization products, including next-generation ads experiences, that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support OpenAI’s long-term innovation. Monetization plays a critical role in enabling OpenAI to continue pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities while ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared. We believe monetization must be aligned with user value, uphold rigorous privacy and safety standards, and sustain a healthy ecosystem of developers, advertisers, and businesses. This team operates in a greenfield environment and moves quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Research to bring new ad experiences into real-world systems across OpenAI surfaces at global scale, including thoughtfully integrating them into the core ChatGPT experience. About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help build the creative rendering and presentation layer of OpenAI’s ads ecosystem. This is a foundational role responsible for defining how ads are structured, rendered, and delivered across different surfaces, platforms, and media types. You’ll work across the full technical stack to build infrastructure and tooling for new ad formats, including text, image, video, native, conversational, and interactive experiences. You will help ensure these formats render reliably, perform efficiently, and feel natural within the core ChatGPT experience. You’ll collaborate deeply with Product, Design, and Research to create ads experiences that are useful, high-quality, privacy-preserving, and aligned with OpenAI’s standards for safety and user trust. In this role, you will: - Design, build, a

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