iOS Engineer, Applied Foundations
About the Team OpenAI’s Applications Engineering organization builds and operates the products that bring our cutting-edge research to millions of users and developers worldwide. The Applied Foundations team owns the core product and platform layers that make those experiences possible — from identity & access, to safe
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iOS Engineer, Applied Foundations 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 OpenAI’s Applications Engineering organization builds and operates the products that bring our cutting-edge research to millions of users and developers worldwide. The Applied Foundations team owns the core product and platform layers that make those experiences possible — from identity & access, to safe
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- Build and ship new experiences on iOS that showcase the power of AI.
- Optimize app performance, reliability, and responsiveness at global scale.
- Design and maintain shared iOS frameworks and primitives for account, trust, and commerce flows that are used across OpenAI’s mobile apps.
- Establish robust testing frameworks and refine app architecture for long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate with product, design, research, and backend teams to deliver high-impact features.
- Provide technical leadership to shape the future of OpenAI’s iOS platform.
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