Full Stack Software Engineer, Product Explorations

About the TeamThe Product Explorations team is a small, high-ownership product exploration group focused on turning new model capabilities into impactful user experiences.We operate across Applied and Research, working closely with product, engineering, design, and research partners to identify promising opportunities, prototype quickly, validate ideas, and determine which efforts should scale into larger product investments.Our objective is broad: discover and build experiences that can meaningfully improve user engagement, product impact, and revenue across OpenAI’s products. We move quickly, follow strong product signals, and take ideas from early exploration to meaningful user impact.About the RoleWe are looking for product-minded full stack engineers to join the Product Explorations team and drive high-impact, net-new product explorations.In this role, you will independently identify promising opportunities, move quickly from idea to prototype, and work across teams to validate and launch new experiences. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, use strong product intuition, and make thoughtful decisions in ambiguous environments.You may work on a new ChatGPT experience one week, explore a new model capability the next, and partner with Research or Applied teams to turn the strongest ideas into scalable products. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys building from scratch, iterating quickly, and working on projects where the path forward is not always obvious.In this role, you will:Identify and pursue high-leverage product and technical opportunities across OpenAI’s productsMove quickly from idea to prototype, validation, launch, and iterationBuild full stack product experiences that unlock value from new model capabilitiesWork closely with Research, Applied, product, design, data science, and engineering partnersUse user feedback, product signals, and experimentation to determine which ideas should scaleDrive alignment across teams and helping shape a culture of speed, ownership, curiosity, and thoughtful experimentationYou might thrive in this role if you:Have experience building and shipping full stack product experiences, from early prototypes through productionThrive in early-stage, highly iterative environments and can move quickly from idea to execution with limited structureBring strong product intuition and an ability to identify what matters most for users and the businessCommunicate clearly and collaborate effectively across engineering, product, design, and researchBring a high degree of autonomy, agency, and ownership in ambiguous environmentsWant to work at the intersection of model capabilities, product development, and user impactLocation:This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.About OpenAIOpenAI 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