Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Consumer Devices

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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 experience or security background preferred
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance velocity, reliability, and simplicity
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
• Passion for building infrastructure that enables impactful products

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Background checks and fair chance ordinances

Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act for US-based candidates.

For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: the posting states OpenAI reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with certain job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. It also states duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

Reasonable accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via the provided link.

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Compensation philosophy and benefits

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about benefits are available during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.