Developer Experience Engineer

OpenAI • San Francisco, CA

2d

About The Position

As a Developer Experience Engineer, you will create compelling technical content, developer tools, and sample applications designed to inspire developers and enable them to succeed with OpenAI’s APIs, platform, and products for developers. You will engage with developers and technical founders, demonstrating best practices and building innovative applications powered by frontier models, multimodal capabilities, and tools like Codex. We’re looking for people who combine strong technical skills, creativity, and a passion for engaging with and empowering developers.

Requirements

• Are passionate about crafting exceptional developer experiences and creating inspirational technical content and projects.
• Bring a robust full-stack engineering background with demonstrated experience building innovative applications using AI and large language models (LLMs).
• Have strong user empathy and care deeply about delivering experiences developers truly appreciate.
• Have a proven track record of successfully creating engaging technical content, compelling demos, or innovative developer tooling that accelerates technology adoption.
• Find joy in coding, continuously shipping high-quality, impactful software.
• Excel in dynamic environments characterized by rapidly evolving priorities, ambiguity, and competing deadlines.
• Are an exceptional collaborator who thrives working cross-functionally and enjoys partnering with diverse teams.
• Maintain a genuine commitment to AI ethics and safety, strongly aligning with OpenAI's responsible AI development principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop demos and sample applications demonstrating cutting-edge integrations and best practices using reasoning models, multimodal capabilities, and agent tools.
• Create high-quality technical content—including tutorials, blog posts, videos, and code samples—to educate and inspire the developer community about our models, APIs, and Codex.
• Actively engage with and foster a vibrant local and global developer ecosystem around OpenAI’s platform.
• Represent OpenAI at developer events and online platforms, serving as a knowledgeable, approachable advocate for developers.
• Gather and synthesize developer feedback to inform and enhance our product roadmap.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and marketing teams to ensure adoption and success of OpenAI’s developer tools and APIs.
• Contribute directly to improving and refining OpenAI’s developer interfaces and surfaces.
• Own challenges end-to-end, proactively addressing gaps and acquiring new skills to resolve complex issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees