over 1 year ago
Base Salary
$380k - $380k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering efforts to improve model serving, inference performance, and system efficiency
- Provide technical mentorship and oversight for a junior engineering team
- Optimize kernels and data movement to improve system throughput and reliability
- Partner with research and product teams to ensure models perform effectively at scale
- Design, build, and improve critical serving infrastructure for Sora’s growth and reliability needs
- Engage in model design to ensure trained models meet deployment requirements
Requirements
- Deep expertise in model performance optimization, particularly at the inference layer
- Strong background in kernel-level systems, data movement, and low-level performance tuning
- Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers without formal management responsibilities
- Ability to set technical direction and drive complex initiatives to completion
- Interest in scaling high-performing AI systems for real-world multimodal workloads
Benefits
- Hybrid work model requiring 3 days in the San Francisco office per week
- Relocation assistance for new employees
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About OpenAI
OpenAI builds and deploys large-scale AI models and tools—including ChatGPT, GPT-4–class models, DALL·E, and Whisper—sold via APIs and enterprise subscriptions to developers and businesses. It monetizes through usage-based API pricing and ChatGPT Plus/Team/Enterprise, and also reaches customers via Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a private partnership.