5 months ago
Base Salary
$293k - $385k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development, and operation of identity infrastructure spanning cloud platforms, internal systems, and critical engineering services
- Design and evolve authentication, authorization, access governance, auditability, and policy enforcement systems
- Build foundational infrastructure and platform capabilities used by engineering, research, and security teams
- Improve the reliability, observability, performance, and operational maturity of identity infrastructure
- Lead ambiguous, high-impact technical initiatives across security, infrastructure, and engineering teams
- Partner with engineers, researchers, and security teams to develop scalable access patterns and secure infrastructure
- Raise engineering standards through technical judgment, system design, operational excellence, and long-term ownership
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure, platform, or backend systems
- Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, identity systems, distributed systems, and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams and driving architecture in ambiguous environments
- Experience building security-critical systems involving authentication, authorization, access governance, privileged access, or policy enforcement
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience in Go, Rust, Python, or similar languages
- Ability to debug across code, cloud infrastructure, identity systems, networking, and operations
- Strong focus on reliability, security, auditability, and operational rigor in mission-critical systems
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with three days in the San Francisco office per week
- Relocation assistance is offered to new employees
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.