About this role
The Healthcare team at OpenAI builds AI systems that support patients, clinicians, and healthcare organizations while establishing high standards for deployment in this domain. Engineers on this team develop products and infrastructure that bring artificial intelligence capabilities directly into healthcare organizations and clinical workflows, connecting ChatGPT with complex healthcare data and systems.
Backend and full-stack software engineers are needed to build the systems behind these healthcare products, working across APIs, data systems, integrations, and product surfaces. The position requires navigating complex security, privacy, compliance, and interoperability requirements while turning powerful capabilities into dependable everyday tools for clinicians and health systems. Suitable candidates are comfortable owning ambiguous problems end-to-end and moving smoothly between customer requirements and system architecture.
What you will do
- Design and build backend and full-stack systems that power healthcare products.
- Develop services, APIs, and data pipelines connecting OpenAI technology with healthcare systems and enterprise data.
- Build integrations with electronic health records and other medical data sources.
- Ensure systems meet stringent requirements regarding privacy, security, permissions, compliance, and data governance.
- Manage features from early architecture through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams and healthcare organizations to translate real-world workflows into scalable products.
- Improve the reliability, performance, observability, and operational maturity of production healthcare systems.
What you need
- Demonstrate strong backend or full-stack engineering skills with a focus on durable production systems.
- Bring 5 or more years of experience writing maintainable, production-quality software.
- Possess solid experience with backend services, APIs, data systems, or distributed systems.
- Reason effectively about system architecture, data models, authentication, permissions, and integration boundaries.
- Maintain production systems at scale, covering observability, testing, incident response, migrations, and rollouts.
- Operate with high agency and take ambiguous problems from definition through production.
Nice to have
- Experience building enterprise SaaS products or platforms
- Experience with distributed systems, backend architecture, or large-scale data pipelines
- Experience building integrations with complex third-party systems or APIs
- Experience with authentication, identity, permissions, or enterprise security
- Experience working in regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, or enterprise infrastructure
- Experience with healthcare interoperability, EHR systems, or healthcare data standards
- Experience building HIPAA-compliant products or systems
- Experience building applied AI or conversational products
- Previous experience in healthcare or health technology
Benefits
- Offers Equity
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What is the salary range for this role?
The salary for this position is $347K – $385K along with offered equity.
Where is the position located?
This role is located in San Francisco.
What kind of systems will I be building?
You will build backend and full-stack systems, services, APIs, and data pipelines that connect OpenAI products with healthcare systems, electronic health records, and enterprise data.