Industrial Compute

Details

OpenAI’s Compute organization builds and operates the compute infrastructure supporting advanced AI models. The team works across software, hardware, facilities, operations, and engineering to make large-scale compute available, reliable, and efficient.

The role covers a broad range of opportunities involving the design, construction, scaling, and operation of compute infrastructure. Depending on experience, work may focus on large-scale distributed systems, machine learning infrastructure, hardware systems, manufacturing, supply chain, data center development, or the physical engineering systems required to bring substantial compute capacity online.

Responsibilities

• Help build, scale, and operate OpenAI’s global compute infrastructure.
• Solve complex problems across software, hardware, manufacturing supply chain, and data center systems.
• Improve the reliability, performance, efficiency, and scalability of critical infrastructure.
• Partner with research, engineering, hardware, operations, and infrastructure teams to bring new compute capacity online quickly and reliably.
• Identify bottlenecks across technical, operational, and physical systems and develop practical solutions.
• Build tools, processes, systems, or infrastructure that improve execution at scale.
• Contribute to the long-term architecture and operational maturity of OpenAI’s compute footprint.

Requirements

• Experience building, scaling, or operating complex technical systems.
• Ability to work on ambiguous, high-impact problems where the path forward is not always defined.
• Comfort collaborating across software, hardware, operations, and physical infrastructure disciplines.
• Strong technical judgment and a bias toward execution.
• Commitment to reliability, speed, safety, and operational excellence.
• Interest in building infrastructure at unprecedented scale and supporting the development and deployment of frontier AI.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, distributed systems, GPU clusters, or cloud-scale platforms.
• Experience with hardware systems, manufacturing, supply chain, data center development, or large capital infrastructure projects.
• Domain expertise in civil, controls, mechanical, hardware, electrical, thermal, power, networking, or facilities engineering.
• Experience bringing technical platforms, data centers, factories, or large-scale systems from concept to production.
• Experience working in fast-moving environments where technical depth and execution speed both matter.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $150,000–$300,000 per year, plus equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax FSA, dependent care, and commuter accounts.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time as required by law.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.