Android Engineer, ChatGPT (Seattle)

United Kingdom
2 days ago
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
14 May 2026 (2 days ago)

About the Team
The ChatGPT team supports the OpenAI mission by innovating and refining the user experience, technical architecture, and core features of ChatGPT across various platforms. We focus on building scalable, user-centric solutions that empower seamless interactions with ChatGPT, while enabling rapid development and iteration of impactful features that push the boundaries of what is possible through AI.

About the Role
We are looking for a senior software engineer to focus on building and maintaining core features within the ChatGPT android app. In this role, you will:

  • Build and ship new android experiences that expand the boundaries of AI-powered mobile applications, delivering a useful and delightful assistant in every user’s pocket.

  • Drive foundational improvements in the android app, including optimizing performance, establishing robust testing frameworks, refining app architecture, and integrating cutting-edge android platform capabilities.

  • Collaborate on high-impact projects by working closely with product, design, research, and data science teams to achieve product goals and improve user experiences.

  • Prioritize quality and user satisfaction by focusing on performance, reliability, and responsiveness, ensuring a delightful experience for ChatGPT android users.

How We Work
Our team prioritizes excellence through a focus on user delight, intuitive product experiences, and reliability. We take a results-driven approach, concentrating on high-impact projects that maximize value for our users by delivering features that enhance the overall ChatGPT experience. We emphasize product innovation and collaboration to streamline the creation of impactful solutions that meet user needs and exceed expectations.

You Might Thrive in This Role If You:

  • Have a proven track record of developing impactful iOS features, with deep expertise in the Apple ecosystem and related development tools.

  • Enjoy working in cross-functional teams, partnering effectively with product, design, and engineering collaborators.

  • Prioritize performance, reliability, and quality as foundational principles of mobile app development.

  • Are passionate about enabling other developers by designing scalable, maintainable, and high-performing client features.

If you’re excited about shaping the future of mobile AI experiences, we’d love to hear from you!

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.

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.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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