About the job
About the Team
Join the Applied team at OpenAI, where we are dedicated to responsibly deploying groundbreaking technology. Our products, including ChatGPT, Sora, and the OpenAI API, are transforming industries by offering advanced capabilities such as GPT-5 and a robust suite of multimodal features spanning text, image, audio, and video. We manage extensive platform infrastructure and large-scale inference systems that cater to our global user base. As we continue to innovate, our influence in the tech world expands.
Our clients are leveraging our APIs to fuel rapid business growth, unlocking previously unimaginable product functionalities. With offerings like ChatGPT and Sora, we showcase the potential of our technology across diverse media experiences. As we enhance these capabilities, we remain committed to ethical practices, prioritizing responsible deployment over unregulated expansion.
As a member of the Applied Engineering team, the Ads Monetization group within Financial Engineering focuses on developing core systems that manage the financial aspects of ChatGPT Ads. These systems are designed for low-latency, high scale, and exceptional reliability, all while ensuring accuracy, auditability, and transparency in financial operations. This role integrates ad delivery, data engineering, and financial systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement the foundational monetization systems for ChatGPT Ads.
Create and manage the core services and pipelines that facilitate ads monetization from event capture and validation to pricing, metering, and generating billable outputs.
Establish and maintain the definitive source of truth for ads monetization data, including schemas, data models, and invariants to ensure consistency, transparency, and auditability.
Oversee accuracy and reconciliation: align production outputs with invoicing and finance requirements, develop controls and monitoring systems, and address discrepancies through investigative efforts.
Engage in full-stack development to create comprehensive billing solutions for our ChatGPT and API clients.
Collaborate effectively with various stakeholders, including Ads Engineering, Data Science, Product, Finance, and Go-To-Market teams, as well as fellow engineers.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
Proficiency in designing scalable software systems with a focus on reliability and accuracy.
Strong collaborative skills to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
Experience with financial systems and data engineering principles is a plus.

