670 open roles at OpenAI
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One billion monthly active ChatGPT users. $25B in annualized revenue. A workforce of 5,500-plus scaling toward 8,000 by year-end across nine offices on four continents. PPUs converted to RSUs in January 2026, removing the most-cited offer-stage objection in frontier-lab recruiting. Compensation sits at the top of the market — median $608K total comp, L5 software engineers above $1.1M TC per Levels.fyi. Remote eligibility covers just 4% of 670 open roles.
OpenAI by the numbers.
670
Verified live postings
+120%
Net-new AI hires (12-month)
PBC · $122B raised · $852B post-money
AI Labs · Frontier Models
Verified salary ranges.
Total comp · USD · annual
Who runs talent at OpenAI.
Sam Altman
CEO
Brad Lightcap
COO
Sarah Friar
CFO
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