engineering
Posted Apr 27Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems
at openai
Seattle, United StatesHybrid
Requirements
- ABOUT THE TEAM The Cooperative AI team is scaling OpenAI with OpenAI.
- We are a highly multidisciplinary, self-contained team focused on transforming the workplace via smart systems, knowledge, scalable and reliable primitives that apply world-class AI capabilities across domains.
- Our mission is to learn fast and transform how humans collaborate with AI at scale.
- ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a small, fast-moving team building AI-powered automation systems that redefine how work gets done across OpenAI.
- This role sits at the intersection of applied AI, research, and product engineering.
- This is a high-ownership role for someone excited about building 0→1 systems, working closely with customers, and shaping how AI transforms operational work at scale.
- WHAT YOU’LL DO - Lead and grow a small team building applied AI systems for internal operations - Design and build AI-powered automation systems in close proximity to customers - Stay hands-on in architecture and implementation across the full stack - Develop evolving systems spanning developer tools, automation platforms, knowledge graphs, and data systems - Deploy systems directly to internal users and close customers to iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback - Engage frequently with scaled
- experience in engineering, including 3+ years of
- experience in engineering management, and at least 7 years as an IC engineer - Are a hands-on builder who enjoys operating across the stack - Have deep
- experience applying AI, and are ready to experiment with frontier approaches - Bring strong technical judgment across systems design, infrastructure, and full-stack development - Have built developer tools, internal platforms, or workflow automation systems - Enjoy frequent interaction with customers and thrive in feedback-driven development loops - Are comfortable with ambiguity and excited to operate in a rapidly evolving space - Have
- experience in operationally complex environments (e.g., logistics, support systems, internal tooling, warehouse automation, etc.) About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
Additional details
- We are building a model-powered scaled automated workforce and knowledge system that evolves and learns alongside a human workforce.
- By leveraging OpenAI’s state-of-the-art models and technologies, some already in production, others still in the lab, we develop systems that reason and work autonomously for a wide variety of operational work.
- We leverage real workloads for critical systems across finance, sales, customer support, integrity, product insights, internal operations, and more in order to drive insights into product and industry.
- We partner closely with internal teams and external customers globally, operating in a hyper-fast feedback loop where many of our users are just a few steps away.
- This proximity allows us to iterate quickly, validate impact in real time, and accelerate industry impacting learnings and systems builds.
- You’ll lead a team that builds systems that know how to learn from humans, and carry real workloads across, sales, support, finance, IT, and more, while staying deeply involved in the technical work.
- You will operate in a highly iterative environment, deploying systems directly to internal users, gathering rapid feedback, and evolving solutions in real time.