Android Engineer, ChatGPT Mobile Infrastructure
About the Team We’re building the core Kotlin-based platform—from architecture to CI—that powers ChatGPT, Sora, and other fast-evolving Android apps. Android is a key platform for ChatGPT, and our focus is helping teams iterate quickly without sacrificing performance or reliability.
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Android Engineer, ChatGPT Mobile Infrastructure at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About the Team We’re building the core Kotlin-based platform—from architecture to CI—that powers ChatGPT, Sora, and other fast-evolving Android apps. Android is a key platform for ChatGPT, and our focus is helping teams iterate quickly without sacrificing performance or reliability.
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- Build and evolve core Kotlin frameworks used across multiple apps and platforms (e.g., caching, state management, observability, navigation, component systems).
- Enhance app performance (startup, responsiveness, memory, battery life) through profiling, monitoring, regression prevention, or architectural improvements.
- Increase reliability by reducing crashes, improving error handling, and driving release process improvements.
- Collaborate closely with product engineering teams to identify pain points and emerging infrastructure needs.
- Develop internal tooling and automation (CI, testing, guardrails, Codex agent skills, and systems) to accelerate engineering velocity.
- Turn real-world constraints into simple abstractions: intuitive APIs, enforceable contracts, safe defaults.
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