OpenAI

Software Engineer, Fleet Management

OpenAI
Apply
10 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$230k - $490k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build systems to manage cloud and bare-metal fleets at scale.
  • Develop tools connecting low-level hardware metrics with job scheduling and cluster management algorithms.
  • Use LLMs to coordinate vendor operations and optimize infrastructure workflows.
  • Automate infrastructure processes to reduce repetitive toil and improve reliability.
  • Collaborate with hardware, infrastructure, and research teams to integrate systems across the stack.
  • Continuously improve tools, automation, processes, and documentation for operational efficiency.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering skills and experience in large-scale infrastructure environments.
  • Broad knowledge of cluster-level systems, including Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and cloud providers.
  • Deep expertise in server-level systems, including systems software, containerization, Chef, Linux kernels, firmware management, and host routing.
  • Interest in optimizing the performance and reliability of large compute fleets.
  • Ability to solve complex infrastructure challenges in dynamic environments.
  • Commitment to automation, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring three days per week in the San Francisco office.
  • Relocation assistance is available to new employees.
  • Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Categories

OpenAI

About OpenAI

1,001-5,000 employees

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Contact me