About the Team
The ChatGPT team supports the OpenAI mission by innovating and refining the user experience, technical architecture, and core features of ChatGPT across various platforms. We focus on building scalable, user-centric solutions that empower seamless interactions with ChatGPT, while enabling rapid development and iteration of impactful features that push the boundaries of what is possible through AI.
About the Role
We are looking for a senior software engineer to focus on building and maintaining core features within the ChatGPT iOS app. In this role, you will:
Build and ship new iOS experiences that expand the boundaries of AI-powered mobile applications, delivering a useful and delightful assistant in every user’s pocket.
Drive foundational improvements in the iOS app, including optimizing performance, establishing robust testing frameworks, refining app architecture, and integrating cutting-edge iOS platform capabilities.
Collaborate on high-impact projects by working closely with product, design, research, and data science teams to achieve product goals and improve user experiences.
Prioritize quality and user satisfaction by focusing on performance, reliability, and responsiveness, ensuring a delightful experience for ChatGPT iOS users.
How We Work
Our team prioritizes excellence through a focus on user delight, intuitive product experiences, and reliability. We take a results-driven approach, concentrating on high-impact projects that maximize value for our users by delivering features that enhance the overall ChatGPT experience. We emphasize product innovation and collaboration to streamline the creation of impactful solutions that meet user needs and exceed expectations.
You Might Thrive in This Role If You:
Have a proven track record of developing impactful iOS features, with deep expertise in the Apple ecosystem and related development tools.
Enjoy working in cross-functional teams, partnering effectively with product, design, and engineering collaborators.
Prioritize performance, reliability, and quality as foundational principles of mobile app development.
Are passionate about enabling other developers by designing scalable, maintainable, and high-performing client features.
If you’re excited about shaping the future of mobile AI experiences, we’d love to hear from you!
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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Skills Required
- Proven track record of developing impactful iOS features
- Deep expertise in the Apple ecosystem and related development tools
- Effective collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams
- Focus on performance, reliability, and quality in mobile app development
- Passion for enabling other developers with scalable and maintainable client features
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision insurance are comprehensive and include mental healthcare support. Feedback suggests overall medical coverage is strong and part of a broader wellbeing focus.
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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
