Software Engineer, Productivity - Networking
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 1H AGO
Frontier labonsite$230k–$385k
At a glance
Highlights
- Improve dev workflows for high-performance networking systems at frontier scale.
- Design deployment and validation pipelines for training and inference infrastructure.
- Build test harnesses for multi-server, networked hardware-backed environments.
Ideal candidate
A pragmatic, self-directed engineer motivated by helping others move faster with confidence. You thrive fixing systemic friction in complex infrastructure and balancing high standards with forward progress.
Requirements
- Experience with CI/CD, release pipelines, testing infrastructure, or build systems
- Comfortable moving between C++, Python, and build systems such as CMake, Bazel, or Blaze
- Experience building test harnesses, automation, and workflow improvements for complex 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