OpenAI New Grad Software Engineer jobs
One SF-only new grad req at a flat $180,000 base, building ChatGPT and API features.
The Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent role
New grads on the Applied Engineering team own customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features end to end: they talk to users, design solutions, and work with researchers, PMs and designers on speed and scale. The req names a defined stack (JavaScript/React, Python backend, Postgres); team matching happens after the offer. No formal training curriculum is described.
No cohort size published; the 2027 full-time req is a single SF req, and the Emerging Talent team also ran a 15-week SWE internship/co-op (Sep 2026) alongside the separate 6-month OpenAI Residency.
OpenAI new grad salary
Base: the req posts a single figure, $180K plus equity (no equity value stated), per OpenAI’s Ashby posting API, published Sep 14, 2026 and read Oct 10, 2026. Total comp: levels.fyi OpenAI Software Engineer L2 (0–1 YOE) US 10th–90th percentile, $245k–$270k (n=13, median base $170k, median stock ~$75k/yr), Oct 2026; mapping Emerging Talent hires to L2 is our assumption.
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