January 29, 2026
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Software Engineer Intern(Fall 2026)

openai,

San Francisco, CA
$60/hr

Duration

15 weeks
The Position 

We are seeking Software Engineering Interns (Emerging Talent) to join our Applied Engineering teams. You’ll work in a highly iterative, collaborative, fast-paced environment to bring our technology to millions of users around the world, and ensure it’s delivered with safety and reliability in mind. We value engineers who are self-starters, care deeply about the end user experience, and take pride in building products to solve customer needs.
Responsibilities

  • Build new customer-facing ChatGPT and OpenAI API features and product experiences end-to-end

  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations folks to create cutting-edge products

  • Optimize applications for speed and scale

  • Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field

  • Must have at least one semester of schooling left after the completion of your internship

  • Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and some backend languages (we use Python)

  • Some experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL

  • Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)

  • Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines

Company

OpenAI 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 equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

 

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