Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure platforms that power OpenAI products
• Evolve cloud infrastructure abstractions to 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
• Partner closely with product, research, and engineering teams to align infrastructure with evolving needs
• Own operational excellence, including on-call rotations, incident response, and production readiness
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction and infrastructure strategy across multiple teams

Requirements

• 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, or Azure)
• Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives across teams
• Experience operating highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed systems
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance velocity, reliability, and simplicity

Preferred Qualifications

• Security engineering background or experience in security engineering

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($325K – $440K) and generous equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave and flexible PTO
• Mental health and wellness support
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in our offices and meal delivery credits

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.