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Software Engineer, Model Deployment- ChatGPT Engineering

OpenAI· Applied AI
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Hybrid (London, UK)Full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Software engineer role focused on building and operating large-scale production systems to support the model lifecycle, deployment orchestration, configuration management, and platform capabilities for ChatGPT model deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve the platform used to deploy, configure, and manage models across ChatGPT.
  • Develop systems for deployment orchestration, model rollouts, operational visibility, and production readiness.
  • Create abstractions and tooling that simplify complex infrastructure and improve the developer experience.
  • Automate operational workflows, including incident detection, diagnosis, mitigation, and recovery.
  • Improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of model deployments and the infrastructure that supports them.
  • Build systems that support capacity planning, resource allocation, and infrastructure utilization.
  • Partner with research, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to identify common challenges and deliver reusable platform capabilities.
  • Shape the technical direction of the model management platform as ChatGPT and its underlying systems continue to evolve.

Qualifications

  • Five or more years of software engineering experience building production infrastructure.
  • Strong programming skills in Go, Python, C++, Rust, or a comparable language.
  • Experience designing or operating highly available distributed systems.
  • Experience with platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, production engineering, site reliability engineering, or similar disciplines.
  • Strong systems design, debugging, and operational problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across engineering teams.

Skills

Required:Production infrastructureDistributed systemsPlatform engineering
Nice to have:GoPythonC++RustObservability

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 Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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