iOS Software Engineer, ChatGPT Engineering

About the Team

The ChatGPT organization at OpenAI supports our mission by innovating across multiple core domains that shape how millions of people experience advanced AI. We are growing cross-functionally and hiring engineers across teams including Growth, Ecosystems, Personalization, Search Infrastructure, and more — all contributing to the next generation of AI-driven products and platforms.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced iOS Software Engineer to build and improve the ChatGPT iOS app.

In this role, you will:

• Build and ship new iOS features that expand the boundaries of AI-powered mobile applications.

• Drive improvements in app performance, architecture, test coverage, tooling, and reliability.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, Research, and other Engineering teams to enhance user delight.

• Own components end-to-end — design, implementation, testing, launch, and iteration.

• Integrate with backend and AI systems to deliver seamless mobile experiences.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have deep experience in iOS development (Swift/Objective-C), including frameworks like UIKit/SwiftUI, Core Data, and performance optimization.

• Are passionate about creating intuitive, performant, and delightful mobile experiences.

• Enjoy collaborating in cross-disciplinary teams and iterating rapidly.

  We are open to hiring in San Francisco, New York and Seattle

About OpenAI

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. 

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