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Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

OpenAI· Scaling
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San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Mountain View$266k - $445kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Role focused on building and operating data infrastructure for massive compute fleets and storage systems, with emphasis on high performance, scalability, reliability, and secure data access for ML and analytics. Involves lifecycle ownership from design to on-call, with collaboration across product, research, and analytics teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
  • Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient
  • Accelerate company productivity by empowering your fellow engineers & teammates with excellent data tooling and systems
  • Collaborate with product, research and analytics teams to build the technical foundations capabilities that unlock new features and experiences
  • Own the reliability of the systems you build, including participation in an on-call rotation for critical incidents

Qualifications

  • Have 4+ years in data infrastructure engineering OR
  • Have 4+ years in infrastructure engineering with a strong interest in data
  • Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
  • Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
  • Have an intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills, and an equally strong talent for sharing learnings clearly and concisely with others

Skills

Required:Distributed data infrastructureData platform toolingOn-call incident management

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
  • 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
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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