mid software engineering Technical Program Manager ic Bachelor's Hybrid · Posted Mar 16, 2026
$207,000 – $335,000
USD per year

About this role

OpenAI is hiring a mid-level Technical Program Manager in the software engineering function based in San Francisco, CA (hybrid). The posting calls out experience with API Development, Incident Response, OpenAI. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $207,000–$335,000 per year.

Role
Technical Program Manager
Function
software engineering
Level
mid
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work mode
Hybrid
Education
Bachelor's degree
Department
Technical Program Management
Posted
Mar 16, 2026
AI Summary
Technical Program Manager for OpenAI's Safety Systems team managing safety infrastructure, risk mitigation, and deployment across ChatGPT and API. Synthesizes inputs from research, product, engineering, legal, and policy teams. Requires CS/engineering degree, track record delivering complex technical projects, and content moderation expertise.

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Job description

from OpenAI careers

About the Team

The Safety Systems team is in need of a Technical Program Manager to streamline our full safety stack and integration of various safety research and mitigations into ChatGPT and our API. This role is critical for driving safe deployment of our new models, synthesizing inputs from multiple stakeholders — ranging across research, product, engineering, legal, and policy — and ensuring all the risks are effectively and properly monitored, mitigated, or resolved. 

About the Role

As a Safety Engineering TPM, you will be responsible for critical tasks ranging from tracking safety engineering progress and risk tables to overseeing critical data infrastructure programs, acting as the connective tissue to enhance the deployment of OpenAI’s safety system. Additionally, you will create and execute a compute roadmap for your team to ensure that our top priorities are resourced while taking advantage of new opportunities to make key safety infrastructure investments. Your primary focus will be to build a foundational layer to support the safety of all of our models and products.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

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