Engineering Manager • Lead

Who you are

You have a strong background in engineering management with experience leading teams focused on API development — you've successfully built and mentored high-performing teams that deliver innovative products. Your technical expertise spans multimodal AI technologies, including real-time processing, speech generation, and image generation — you understand the complexities of building scalable and robust APIs that serve diverse user needs.

You possess excellent collaboration skills, working closely with product managers, designers, and research teams to define strategic visions and product roadmaps — you thrive in environments where cross-functional teamwork is essential to success. Your ability to guide technical and architectural decisions ensures that your team delivers high-quality products that enhance user experience and meet customer demands.

You foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within your team — you encourage accountability and empower your engineers to take ownership of their work. Your leadership style emphasizes mentorship and professional growth, helping team members develop their skills and advance their careers.

Desirable

Experience with AI technologies and APIs is a plus — familiarity with tools like Whisper for speech transcription and DALLE for image generation will set you apart. A passion for artificial intelligence and its potential to benefit humanity aligns with OpenAI's mission, making you a great fit for this role.

What you'll do

As the Engineering Manager for OpenAI's multimodal API product suite, you will lead a team responsible for delivering innovative APIs that span real-time interactions, speech transcription, and image generation — your leadership will guide the product roadmap and ensure that your team meets its goals. You will collaborate closely with product managers and designers to define the strategic vision for the multimodal API offerings, ensuring they align with user needs and market demands.

You will work with research teams to enhance core multimodal models for API customer use cases — your technical insights will help improve the performance and reliability of the APIs. You will also be responsible for making key architectural decisions that emphasize scalability and robustness, ensuring that the products can handle high volumes of user interactions effectively.

Fostering a culture of innovation and accountability will be a key part of your role — you will encourage your team to experiment with new ideas and continuously improve their processes. You will conduct regular one-on-ones with team members to support their professional development and help them achieve their career goals.

What we offer

At OpenAI, you will be part of a mission-driven organization that aims to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity — your work will have a direct impact on how developers and companies utilize AI technologies. We offer a collaborative and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued and recognized.

You will have access to resources and support to help you grow as a leader and engineer — we believe in investing in our employees' professional development. Competitive compensation and benefits packages are part of what we offer, along with opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI technologies that are shaping the future of the industry.