Network Infrastructure Engineer, Global Network Infra (WAN)
OpenAI · San Francisco
Frontier labremote$347k–$445k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build and operate global backbone connecting data centers and cloud PoPs.
- Own end-to-end turn-up of circuits with fiber and cloud providers.
- Expand global PoPs while ensuring reliability at exceptional scale.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on infrastructure engineer who thrives close to physical networks and ambiguous outages. Brings automation-first mindset to scaling global connectivity and enjoys owning activation end-to-end.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience deploying, activating, and troubleshooting WAN circuits with carriers and cloud providers
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including optical, Ethernet, TCP/IP, BGP and L2/L3
- Comfort debugging issues across physical fiber, optical errors, routing and forwarding
- Experience with data center networking, carrier infrastructure, cloud interconnects or large-scale WAN
- Understanding of fiber cabling, port mappings, ODFs and equipment connectivity
- Ability to independently investigate ambiguous problems and drive restoration across teams
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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