OpenAI has begun actively hiring not only seniors, but also so-called «super juniors» — young AI-native engineers who use AI tools so effectively that they surprise even experienced colleagues.
OpenAI has begun actively hiring not only seniors, but also so-called «super juniors» — young AI-native engineers who use AI tools so effectively that they surprise even experienced colleagues.
This was stated by engineer and analyst Gergely Oros in his report after a visit to OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco.
«OpenAI is now hiring more than just seniors. The company is finding success in the combination of ‘super senior + super junior.’ These are early-career developers who think entrepreneurially, have grown up with AI tools, and know how to use them in unexpected ways,» Oros quotes ChatGPT’s head of engineering Sulman Chowdhury.
In one example given by OpenAI, a young engineer built a complex system, and when his boss asked if he had used Codex, he replied almost insultedly: «It’s insulting to even ask. Of course, I used Codex — but not alone. I created several instances that talked to each other, checked each other, and distributed tasks. One validated the result, the others implemented specialized parts.»
This approach — not «delegate all AI,» but using multiple agents in a bundle — became an example of how «super-juns» think differently: they are not afraid to automate, experiment, and scale their own ideas.
Super-juns have a number of characteristics.
First, they are AI-native — born in the AI era, accustomed to Codex, ChatGPT, Copilot, Replit, etc.
Secondly, they have entrepreneurial skills — often with experience in startups or incubators (Y Combinator).
Thirdly, they think systematically — they don’t just code, but combine multiple agents, APIs, and models.
Well, the key thing is that they are not afraid of AI — they perceive it as a work partner, not a tool.
OpenAI believes that it is the mix of experienced architects and such «new generation juntas» that creates the most effective teams.
