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Software Engineer, Enterprise Controls

OpenAI · San Francisco

Posted Oct 3, 2026 · full time

Est. total comp~$201K–$317K

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About the Team

Enterprise Controls & Console is part of Enterprise Engineering. We build the permissions, governance, and administration capabilities that help organizations use and deploy ChatGPT, Codex, and OpenAI products with confidence. We give administrators granular controls over access and security, helping ensure that people and agents operate within the boundaries their organizations define.

Our work combines complex backend platform engineering with enterprise product needs and touches every major product and model launch. We build scalable, reusable services and intuitive administration experiences, and provide a shared controls foundation that enables internal teams to introduce new capabilities safely.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced backend software engineer to help shape and build the systems behind enterprise access, governance, and sharing. You will bring deep backend expertise and strong product judgment to problems that span multiple OpenAI products, including how people and agents share access and work together. You will lead technical design and delivery, translate ambiguous enterprise needs into clear system behavior, and remain hands-on from implementation through production operation. This role is based in San Francisco.

In this role, you will:

- Design and build backend services for permissions, authorization, and governance across ChatGPT, Codex, and OpenAI APIs. …

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Controls and kinematics
Perception and sensor fusion
C++ and Python
Path planning
Field testing robots

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