About this role
Developers who enjoy building consumer-facing mobile products at scale and care deeply about performance will find a strong fit within this team. The Image Generation group at OpenAI operates at the intersection of research and product, partnering closely with researchers, designers, and platform engineers to deliver rapid innovations to hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
This Android Software Engineer position exists to build and improve image generation experiences within the ChatGPT Android app. The person in this role will translate multimodal AI models into intuitive, performant, and delightful mobile experiences that allow users to create, edit, and transform visual content directly from their devices. Success in this position requires taking projects end-to-end, optimizing media-heavy workflows, and driving improvements in app reliability and architecture.
What you will do
- Build and ship new Android features that power image generation and image editing experiences.
- Create intuitive user experiences that make advanced AI capabilities feel seamless and accessible.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams to bring new multimodal capabilities to production.
- Drive improvements in app performance, reliability, architecture, testing, and developer tooling.
- Optimize media-heavy workflows, rendering performance, networking, and responsiveness across a wide range of Android devices.
- Own projects end-to-end from ideation and implementation through launch, measurement, and iteration.
What you need
- Have deep experience building Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android development frameworks.
- Have shipped consumer-facing mobile products at scale and care deeply about performance, quality, and user experience.
- Enjoy working on highly cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with product, design, and research partners.
- Are excited by multimodal AI and the opportunity to bring image generation technology to millions of users.
- Have experience building media-rich, graphics-intensive, camera, photo, video, or creative tooling applications.
- Thrive in fast-moving environments where you can help define both the product and technical direction.
Benefits
- Offers Equity
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What does the Image Generation team do?
The Image Generation team is responsible for one of the fastest-growing experiences in ChatGPT, enabling users to create, edit, and transform images through natural language. They work at the intersection of research and product, partnering closely with researchers, designers, product managers, and platform engineers.
What will I work on in the Android Engineer role?
You will build and improve image generation experiences within the ChatGPT Android app. This involves translating multimodal AI capabilities into intuitive, performant, and delightful mobile experiences used by millions around the world.
What qualifications are needed for this position?
You should have deep experience building Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android development frameworks, along with experience shipping consumer-facing mobile products at scale. Candidates who have built media-rich, graphics-intensive, or creative tooling applications tend to thrive.
What is the compensation range for the role?
The salary for this position is between $185K and $385K, and the role also offers equity.