Engineering Manager, Libraries

OpenAI

. Lead, coach, and grow a team of approximately 9–10 engineers .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $401,000 - $445,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and developing high-performing engineering teams while maintaining hands-on technical involvement. Capable of driving product quality and technical excellence in AI product development through effective collaboration and strategic planning.

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Team LeadershipSoftware EngineeringAI Product DevelopmentDistributed SystemsCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills

Software Engineering FoundationProduction Code ContributionUser-Facing Product DevelopmentArchitecture ReviewsPrototypingDebuggingData PersistenceAI-Native Architectures

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationPragmatic Decision-MakingAmbiguity Navigation

Industry Keywords

Engineering RoadmapProduct Quality StandardsTechnical ExcellenceUser TrustHigh-Impact Problems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, coach, and grow a team of approximately 9–10 engineers
Create clarity, accountability, and a healthy execution rhythm
Own the engineering roadmap for Library
Partner with product and design to prioritize high-impact problems
Set standards for product quality, technical excellence, reliability, privacy, and user trust
Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, prototyping, debugging, and coding
Build systems that allow AI products to persist, retrieve, and use personal and organizational context
Partner across Personalization, model, research, infrastructure, enterprise, and third-party integration teams
Navigate ambiguity and turn emerging AI capabilities into product and engineering plans
Hire exceptional engineers and develop technical leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience managing and developing high-performing engineering teams while remaining technically hands-on
Strong software engineering foundation
Comfortable contributing production code in a modern codebase
Experience building and shipping user-facing products with a high quality bar
Founder, startup, or early-stage product experience is especially valuable
Ability to reason about distributed systems, data persistence, retrieval, permissions, collaboration, and AI-native architectures
Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, design, research, and executive stakeholders
Ability to balance long-term technical direction with near-term delivery
Ability to make pragmatic tradeoffs and know when to simplify, prototype, or invest for scale
Commitment to building useful, trustworthy, and intuitive AI products for individuals and organizations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonuses for eligible employees
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense accounts
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents)
Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year
Paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend
Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided
Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
Immigration and sponsorship support may be provided based on individual circumstances