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Software Engineer, Private Computing

OpenAI· Consumer Devices
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Hybrid (San Francisco)$230k - $385k + equityFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Role focused on designing, building, and scaling privacy features and infrastructure across ChatGPT, API, and future consumer devices, with emphasis on trusted execution environments, end-to-end encryption, and private inference/storage.

Responsibilities

  • Ship fast while balancing difficult trade-offs in complex domains
  • Build core abstractions for trusted execution environments and end-to-end-encryption
  • Build product features for private inference and storage across ChatGPT, API, and future consumer devices
  • Update build systems to increase trust and verifiability
  • Integrate with safety and integrity infrastructure
  • Operate systems at scale with high reliability, including an on-call rotation
  • Collaborate with a diverse set of cross-functional teams across product, engineering, security, safety, policy, and legal

Qualifications

  • Care deeply about user privacy and security
  • Have 5+ years of experience in professional software engineering
  • Have experience building and scaling confidential computing or encryption technologies in production environments
  • Have experience with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems
  • Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
  • Can collaborate well and drive alignment in the face of difficult trade-offs
  • Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change

Skills

Required:Professional software engineeringConfidential computing / encryption technologiesKubernetes and cloud orchestrationCollaborative cross-functional teamwork

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
  • 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 Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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