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3P Systems Architect

OpenAI · San Francisco · Seattle

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Frontier labremote$342k–$555k
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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
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