OpenAI

Software Engineer, Discovery Engineering

OpenAI
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over 1 year ago

Base Salary

$230k - $325k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate data storage pipelines at scale.
  • Build search and discovery services using systems such as Spark, Databricks, index layers, and metadata catalogs.
  • Automate secure data transfers with encryption, checksumming, and auditing for reviewer exports.
  • Establish locked-down compute environments that balance usability with security controls.
  • Instrument monitoring and KPIs for data holds and productions.
  • Collaborate across teams to codify SOPs, threat models, and chain-of-custody documentation.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience building or operating large-scale data-lake or backup systems.
  • Experience with at least one of Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Knowledge of Terraform or Pulumi and CI/CD.
  • Ability to turn ad-hoc legal requests into repeatable pipelines.
  • Experience with discovery workflows such as legal holds, enterprise document collections, or secure review, or willingness to develop that expertise quickly.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to Legal, Engineering, and other teams.
  • Experience shipping secure solutions that balance speed, cost, and evidentiary defensibility.
  • Strong documentation and cross-disciplinary communication skills, including the ability to work under tight deadlines.

Benefits

  • The position is located in San Francisco.
  • Relocation assistance is available.

Categories

Data Engineering
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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