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Industrial Compute

OpenAI· Scaling
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Remote$150k - $300kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

OpenAI is hiring across roles to design, build, scale, and operate compute infrastructure for frontier AI. The role focuses on building and operating large-scale compute systems across software, hardware, data centers, and related operations.

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 cross-functional 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.

Qualifications

  • Have experience building, scaling, or operating complex technical systems.
  • Enjoy working on ambiguous, high-impact problems where the path forward is not always defined.
  • Are comfortable collaborating across disciplines, including software, hardware, operations, and physical infrastructure.
  • Have strong technical judgment and a bias toward execution.
  • Care deeply about reliability, speed, safety, and operational excellence.
  • Are excited by the challenge of building infrastructure at unprecedented scale.
  • Want your work to directly support the development and deployment of frontier AI.

Skills

Required:Experience building, scaling, or operating complex technical systemsCross-disciplinary collaboration

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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