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Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Consumer Devices

OpenAI · San Francisco

$325k - $440k/yrRemoteMid levelEngineeringConsumer ProductsConsumer ProductsPosted 3 months ago
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About the Role We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help design and evolve the platforms that power OpenAI’s products. In this role, you will be a hands-on technical leader, driving the architecture, scalability, reliability, and security of critical infrastructure systems. You will help define how we build and operate infrastructure at the next order of magnitude, while influencing technical direction across teams. This role is both deeply technical and highly strategic, requiring strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to partner effectively across engineering, product, and research organizations. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure platforms that power OpenAI products - Evolve cloud infrastructure abstractions that enable rapid product development across teams - Architect systems to support significant growth, performance, and operational complexity - Improve server orchestration, networking, distributed systems reliability, and infrastructure security posture - Influence technical direction and infrastructure strategy across multiple teams - Partner closely with product, research, and engineering teams to align infrastructure with evolving needs - Own operational excellence, including participation in on-call rotations, incident response, and production readiness - Mentor engineers and raise the overall technical bar of the organization - Contribute to a culture of high ownership, low ego, and thoughtful collaboration YOU MIGHT THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU: - 8+ years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure systems - Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale - Strong experience designing cloud abstractions and platform infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar) - Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives across teams - Experience operating highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed systems - Security engineering ex

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About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first - ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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