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OpenAI’s Enterprise Identity team builds the trust and control layer that enables organizations to adopt AI safely at scale. We design and operate the core authentication, authorization, and enterprise access systems that power OpenAI’s products for businesses of all sizes — from startups to the world’s largest organizations. Our work sits at the intersection of security, platform infrastructure, and enterprise IT, ensuring that administrators can manage users, permissions, and integrations with confidence while employees experience seamless access to powerful AI tools. By building secure, scalable identity foundations, we make it possible for enterprises to deploy AI responsibly, integrate it into their workflows, and unlock its value across the organization.
Job Responsibility:
Architect and build the next generation of enterprise authentication and authorization infrastructure, powering secure integrations across SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0
Design and deliver core enterprise identity capabilities — including SSO, SCIM provisioning, RBAC, and delegated access — that enable organizations to manage access with confidence at scale
Evolve the identity data model and system architecture to support complex, real-world enterprise structures spanning teams, domains, subsidiaries, and global organizations
Partner closely with go-to-market, security, and product teams to shape identity features that meet the needs of customers ranging from fast-growing startups to multinational enterprises
Build high-leverage tools, APIs, and primitives that make it easy for engineering teams across OpenAI to integrate enterprise identity seamlessly into their products
Requirements:
5+ years of experience building and operating production backend systems
Exposure to authentication, identity, or access control in real-world environments
Comfort working with identity protocols such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, SCIM, SSO and OIDC
Solid backend engineer (Python preferred)
Experience designing reliable systems, writing clean APIs, and thinking carefully about security, privacy and correctness
Has operated and worked in high-traffic and large scale systems
Likes owning problems end-to-end, from design through production, and learning new domains as needed to deliver high-quality results
Motivated by the opportunity to help shape how enterprises securely access and govern the use of frontier AI technologies
What we offer:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided
Offers Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees