OpenAI
Engineering Manager, Monetization Infrastructure
OpenAI, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Engineering Manager, Monetization Infrastructure
OpenAI
About the Team The Monetization team is a new cross‑functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build foundational systems that enable OpenAI to scale access to intelligence responsibly. Our mission is to develop user‑first, privacy‑preserving monetization products—including next‑generation ad experiences—that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support OpenAI’s long‑term innovation.
Monetization is critical to ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared. The team operates in a greenfield environment, moving quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment. Partnering closely with Product, Design, and Research, we bring research breakthroughs into real‑world systems at global scale.
About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high‑performing team that will build the core monetization and ads systems at OpenAI. This foundational role is responsible for hiring, developing, and leading a world‑class engineering team while shaping the technical strategy and execution for one of the company’s most impactful new initiatives.
You’ll own the roadmap for 0→1 monetization infrastructure, building the most robust, safe, and scalable infra. You will collaborate deeply with product, design, and research to define the future of monetized AI experiences and ensure these systems uphold OpenAI’s highest standards for safety, privacy, and policy alignment. This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ, with relocation assistance available.
In This Role, You Will
Build, lead, and develop a diverse, high‑performing engineering team working across backend, full‑stack, and systems engineering
Define and own the technical strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for OpenAI’s core monetization and ads systems
Guide the architecture of distributed systems that operate at massive scale and require high reliability, privacy, and performance
Collaborate with Product, Research, and Design partners to define product requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and bring new experiences to market
Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment
Ensure your team operates effectively, maintains high engineering rigor, and consistently delivers against ambitious goals
Coach and mentor engineers to elevate their impact and grow to their full potential
Build processes and culture that enable fast learning, high trust, and responsible innovation
Ensure all monetization systems meet the highest standards for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
Have 7+ years of experience managing high‑performance engineering teams in fast‑paced, rapidly shifting environments
Have 10+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating distributed systems at large scale
Have a track record of building and scaling critical systems with strong reliability, performance, and safety constraints
Are skilled at defining technical roadmaps, setting long‑term direction, and navigating ambiguous product spaces
Care deeply about people leadership, coaching, and helping engineers achieve peak performance
Bring strong product intuition and can work across Product, Design, and Research to shape new user experiences
Thrive in 0→1 environments where strategy, architecture, and execution all need to be defined from scratch
Communicate clearly, think holistically, and make decisions grounded in both user needs and long‑term sustainability
Bonus: Bring experience collaborating in AI/ML, ads systems, marketplaces, or other monetization‑heavy domains
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.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s
Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement .
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US‑based candidates.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link:
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy .
Compensation Range: $325,000 – $490,000
Position Details
Seniority level:
Director
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology
Industry:
Research Services
Location:
San Francisco, CA (HQ) – relocation assistance provided
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About the Team The Monetization team is a new cross‑functional group working across engineering, product, research, and design to build foundational systems that enable OpenAI to scale access to intelligence responsibly. Our mission is to develop user‑first, privacy‑preserving monetization products—including next‑generation ad experiences—that strengthen user trust, unlock economic opportunity, and support OpenAI’s long‑term innovation.
Monetization is critical to ensuring the benefits of AGI are broadly shared. The team operates in a greenfield environment, moving quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment. Partnering closely with Product, Design, and Research, we bring research breakthroughs into real‑world systems at global scale.
About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high‑performing team that will build the core monetization and ads systems at OpenAI. This foundational role is responsible for hiring, developing, and leading a world‑class engineering team while shaping the technical strategy and execution for one of the company’s most impactful new initiatives.
You’ll own the roadmap for 0→1 monetization infrastructure, building the most robust, safe, and scalable infra. You will collaborate deeply with product, design, and research to define the future of monetized AI experiences and ensure these systems uphold OpenAI’s highest standards for safety, privacy, and policy alignment. This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ, with relocation assistance available.
In This Role, You Will
Build, lead, and develop a diverse, high‑performing engineering team working across backend, full‑stack, and systems engineering
Define and own the technical strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for OpenAI’s core monetization and ads systems
Guide the architecture of distributed systems that operate at massive scale and require high reliability, privacy, and performance
Collaborate with Product, Research, and Design partners to define product requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and bring new experiences to market
Drive 0→1 product development through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and iterative deployment
Ensure your team operates effectively, maintains high engineering rigor, and consistently delivers against ambitious goals
Coach and mentor engineers to elevate their impact and grow to their full potential
Build processes and culture that enable fast learning, high trust, and responsible innovation
Ensure all monetization systems meet the highest standards for safety, privacy, fairness, and policy compliance
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
Have 7+ years of experience managing high‑performance engineering teams in fast‑paced, rapidly shifting environments
Have 10+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating distributed systems at large scale
Have a track record of building and scaling critical systems with strong reliability, performance, and safety constraints
Are skilled at defining technical roadmaps, setting long‑term direction, and navigating ambiguous product spaces
Care deeply about people leadership, coaching, and helping engineers achieve peak performance
Bring strong product intuition and can work across Product, Design, and Research to shape new user experiences
Thrive in 0→1 environments where strategy, architecture, and execution all need to be defined from scratch
Communicate clearly, think holistically, and make decisions grounded in both user needs and long‑term sustainability
Bonus: Bring experience collaborating in AI/ML, ads systems, marketplaces, or other monetization‑heavy domains
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.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s
Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement .
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US‑based candidates.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link:
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy .
Compensation Range: $325,000 – $490,000
Position Details
Seniority level:
Director
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology
Industry:
Research Services
Location:
San Francisco, CA (HQ) – relocation assistance provided
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