3P Systems Architect
OpenAI · San Francisco · Seattle
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Frontier labremote$342k–$555k
At a glance
Highlights
- Define rack- and cluster-level reference designs for next-gen AI infrastructure.
- Partner with external vendors to shape roadmaps and close technology gaps.
- Lead proof-of-concept efforts to validate new architectures and technologies.
What they offer
- Relocation assistance
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A systems thinker with large-scale infrastructure experience who thrives at the intersection of internal teams and hardware vendors, turning ambiguous needs into clear architectures and shaping future AI systems.
Requirements
- Strong experience in system architecture for large-scale infrastructure or data center environments
- Understanding of AI workload characteristics and mapping to system-level design decisions
- Comfortable working with performance modeling outputs to inform architectural direction
- Experience working with or managing hardware vendors (ODM/JDM, silicon, networking)
- Ability to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders with competing constraints
- Track record of turning ambiguous requirements into clear, executable system designs
- Proactive in identifying gaps and driving solutions across organizational boundaries
- remote policy
- Hybrid, 3 days in office per week
Lab profile
About OpenAI
Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.
What they build
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI API
- Frontier AI models
Known for
- Frontier-scale distributed ML training
- Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
- Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
- AI alignment and safety research
Key facts
- Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets