OpenAI
AI research and deployment
SoftwareEngineer,Infrastructure,ConsumerDevices
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“Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Consumer Devices at OpenAI. Skills: Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, Kubernetes, distributed systems reliability, infrastructure security. Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure platforms that power OpenAI products. Evolve cloud infrastructure abstractions that enable rapid product development across teams”
Industry & Context.
on-call rotations, incident response
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure systems, Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale, experience designing cloud abstractions and platform infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar), Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives across teams, Experience operating highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed systems, systems thinking with the ability to balance velocity, reliability, and simplicity, Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
Nice to Have
Security engineering experience or security background preferred
What You'll Do.
Design and build scalable
and secure infrastructure platforms that power OpenAI products
Evolve cloud infrastructure abstractions that enable rapid product development across teams
Architect systems to support significant growth
and operational complexity
Improve server orchestration
distributed systems reliability
and infrastructure security posture
Own operational excellence
including participation in on-call rotations
and production readiness
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
influencing technical direction across teams; Partner closely with product, research, and engineering teams to align infrastructure with evolving needs; thoughtful collaboration
Full Job Description
About the Role We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help design and evolve the platforms that power OpenAI’s products. In this role, you will be a hands-on technical leader, driving the architecture, scalability, reliability, and security of critical infrastructure systems. You will help define how we build and operate infrastructure at the next order of magnitude, while influencing technical direction across teams. This role is both deeply technical and highly strategic, requiring strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to partner effectively across engineering, product, and research organizations. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Design and build scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure platforms that power OpenAI products - Evolve cloud infrastructure abstractions that enable rapid product development across teams - Architect systems to support significant growth, performance, and operational complexity - Improve server orchestration, networking, distributed systems reliability, and infrastructure security posture - Influence technical direction and infrastructure strategy across multiple teams - Partner closely with product, research, and engineering teams to align infrastructure with evolving needs - Own operational excellence, including participation in on-call rotations, incident response, and production readiness - Mentor engineers and raise the overall technical bar of the organization - Contribute to a culture of high ownership, low ego, and thoughtful collaboration YOU MIGHT THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU: - 8+ years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure systems - Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale - Strong experience designing cloud abstractions and platform infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar) - Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives across teams - Experience operating highly reliable, secure, and scalable distributed systems - Security engineering
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