OpenAI

Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security

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1 year ago
Remote, United States +3 moreSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$184k - $385k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement production-grade authentication services, access brokers, secure proxies, and key-management infrastructure.
  • Partner with infrastructure and research engineers to embed security into high-performance compute clusters and AI model training and deployment environments.
  • Develop automation and detection tooling to identify and mitigate risks across large-scale cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Drive initiatives involving line-speed encryption, machine identity, and network isolation for emerging AI workloads.
  • Lead or participate in design reviews and threat models and ensure systems meet strong security and operational standards.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, Rust, or C/C++ and a track record of shipping and operating high-reliability distributed services.
  • Experience building or operating critical security infrastructure such as authentication services, service-to-service proxies, certificate systems, or key-management systems.
  • Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
  • Expertise securing large-scale cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, GCP, multi-cloud networks, and cloud-agnostic system design.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and service mesh security, plus authentication and authorization standards including OIDC, mTLS, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
  • Ability to identify and address security gaps through automation and tooling and deliver scalable infrastructure solutions.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and security-risk assessment skills.
OpenAI

About OpenAI

10,000+ employees

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.

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