Mobile / Full Stack Staff & Software Engineer, Consumer Monetization

Consumer Monetization builds the experiences and systems that power how customers purchase and pay for OpenAI products. Our scope spans purchasing flows, payments, subscriptions, and billing, along with the shared capabilities that support new products, offers, and distribution channels. We're looking for experienced Staff+ engineers with deep iOS or Android expertise and demonstrated experience contributing beyond mobile to frontend web or backend development. You'll shape and build purchasing and subscription experiences across mobile applications, web, and supporting product APIs. Approximately 50% of the work will initially be native mobile development, with the remainder across web and product APIs. This role is based in San Francisco, with three days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

Architect and build purchasing and subscription experiences across native mobile, mobile web, and supporting product APIs; Partner with Product, Design, and Growth to identify customer needs, prioritize improvements, and shape technical direction for purchasing experiences; Improve conversion, performance, and reliability through experimentation, product analytics, and customer insights; Develop reusable purchasing components and capabilities that help teams launch and monetize new products; Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional partners to deliver reliable purchasing experiences and support product launches; Lead initiatives from exploration and technical design through implementation, launch, and ongoing operation; Set engineering standards and provide technical leadership through hands-on development, design reviews, and mentorship

Requirements

Staff-level or beyond technical ownership, shaping architecture and delivering substantial initiatives across teams; Deep expertise in iOS or Android with a track record of shipping and operating production mobile applications; Depth in either iOS or Android is required; Professional experience contributing to frontend web or backend development; Strong engineering fundamentals combined with product intuition and attention to performance, reliability, and customer experience; Use of data and experimentation to identify opportunities and evaluate impact; Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous problems, align partners, and make thoughtful tradeoffs

Nice to have

Experience in e-commerce, growth, checkout, subscriptions, or mobile monetization; Experience with app-store billing integrations and mobile release processes