Founding Fullstack Software Engineer (Legal)

TL;DR

Founding Fullstack Software Engineer (AI/Legal): Building and scaling AI-powered products for the legal industry with an accent on intuitive user experiences and robust backend systems. Focus on rapid prototyping, 0 to 1 product development, and leveraging advanced AI models to transform legal workflows.

Location: San Francisco, USA

Salary: $293,000 – $325,000 + Equity

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Build and ship full-stack products leveraging OpenAI models to solve complex problems in legal workflows.
• Own projects end-to-end, from early prototypes and technical exploration through production deployment.
• Design and develop intuitive user experiences across frontend and backend systems.
• Build scalable, reliable systems on top of OpenAI’s internal platforms and APIs.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and researchers to translate insights into impactful products.
• Help establish engineering culture, technical standards, and product practices as an early member of the team.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven experience building and shipping full-stack applications from prototype to production.
• Strong frontend and backend engineering skills.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and turn broad ideas into shipped products.
• Must be based in or eligible to work in the United States (San Francisco).

Nice to have

• Strong product instincts and experience collaborating directly with users.
• Passion for emerging AI capabilities and rethinking how software is built.
• Experience in small, high-ownership teams with influence over product direction.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity offers.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI models and infrastructure.
• Startup-like mindset with rapid iteration cycles and high ownership.
• High-trust, inclusive, and candid team environment.