Android Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen

The ChatGPT organization at OpenAI supports our mission by building products that bring cutting-edge AI capabilities to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. The Image Generation team is responsible for one of the fastest-growing experiences in ChatGPT, enabling users to create, edit, and transform images through natural language. Recent advances in our multimodal models have dramatically improved image quality, instruction following, editing precision, consistency, and text rendering, unlocking entirely new creative and professional workflows.

We work at the intersection of research and product, partnering closely with researchers, designers, product managers, and platform engineers to bring state-of-the-art image generation capabilities to life across ChatGPT and our mobile applications. Millions of users rely on these experiences every day to create, communicate, learn, and build.

We are seeking an experienced Android Software Engineer to build and improve image generation experiences within the ChatGPT Android app.

You will help define how users create, edit, and interact with visual content powered by the latest multimodal AI models. This is an opportunity to work on a highly visible product area, translating cutting-edge AI capabilities into intuitive, performant, and delightful mobile experiences used by millions around the world. ChatGPT's Android app already enables users to generate and transform images directly from their devices, and we're just getting started.

* Build and ship new Android features that power image generation and image editing experiences.

* Create intuitive user experiences that make advanced AI capabilities feel seamless and accessible.

* Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams to bring new multimodal capabilities to production.

* Drive improvements in app performance, reliability, architecture, testing, and developer tooling.

* Optimize media-heavy workflows, rendering performance, networking, and responsiveness across a wide range of Android devices.

* Own projects end-to-end—from ideation and implementation through launch, measurement, and iteration.

* Help shape the future of AI-powered creativity on mobile.

You might thrive in this role if you:

* Have deep experience building Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android development frameworks.

* Have shipped consumer-facing mobile products at scale and care deeply about performance, quality, and user experience.

* Enjoy working on highly cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with product, design, and research partners.

* Are excited by multimodal AI and the opportunity to bring cutting-edge image generation technology to millions of users.

* Have experience building media-rich, graphics-intensive, camera, photo, video, or creative tooling applications.

* Thrive in fast-moving environments where you can help define both the product and technical direction.

* $185K – $385K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

* 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.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

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