Software Engineer, Kernel Performance & AI Tooling
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 1H AGO
Frontier labremote$266k–$445k
At a glance
Highlights
- Advance kernel development and performance for next-gen AI-native silicon systems.
- Build AI-assisted workflows to make kernel optimization faster and more reliable.
- Design observability and validation for AI-driven optimization systems.
What they offer
- Offers Equity
Ideal candidate
A systems-minded engineer energized by low-level performance work who sees AI as a force multiplier for engineering velocity and enjoys moving between research exploration and production execution.
Requirements
- Strong systems or tooling engineering experience with low-level software, performance optimization, or infrastructure
- Experience with developer tooling, debugging infrastructure, profiling, observability, or workflow design
- Depth in kernel development, accelerator architecture, compiler systems, or related performance-critical domains
- Familiarity with AI-assisted systems, agentic workflows, post-training, or reinforcement learning
- Strong experimental judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to move between research and production
- Interest in compilers, DSLs, program synthesis, or AI for systems
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