OpenAI

Software Engineer, Database Systems

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7 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$230k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate high-performance distributed systems.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to scale infrastructure.
  • Define long-term technical direction and guide system evolution.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams.
  • Investigate complex production issues across the stack.
  • Contribute to incident response and best practices for system reliability.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • 2+ years leading large scale, complex projects or teams.
  • Experience with distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
  • Proficiency in a systems programming language such as C++ is preferred.
  • Domain knowledge in databases, storage engines, or query processing is a plus.

Tech Stack

C++

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering