OpenAI

AI research and deployment

SoftwareEngineer,Quality&DeveloperTools

$293–325k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Engineer, Quality & Developer Tools at OpenAI. Skills: software quality, automation, developer tooling, hardware-software integration. Build and own systems that validate device software. Design tooling and automation”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure device software is reliable, testable, and ready to ship; keep quality signals trustworthy; enable rapid, safe product launches; improve engineering velocity and debugging efficiency; protect release health; execute repeatable processes; make engineering and release processes more scalable and reliable

Industry & Context.

AI research and deployment
Problems you'll solve

root-cause analysis; debugging

Eligibility Requirements

hybrid work model, four days in the office per week, relocation assistance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

deep experience building software quality, test automation, or developer tooling systems for hardware products shipped at scale, Linux fundamentals, including processes, networking, storage, and udev/systemd, experience building CI/CD pipelines, artifact management systems, and reproducible or isolated test environments, demonstrated success designing and operating hardware-in-the-loop labs and device orchestration systems at scale, fluent with test reliability techniques such as failure triage, flake detection and quarantine, and signal-quality guardrails, debugging skills across software, firmware, devices, and release infrastructure

Nice to Have

Python, C, C++, or Rust

What You'll Do.

Build and own systems that validate device software

Design tooling and automation

Integrate tooling into CI/CD

Enable engineers and QA technicians

and maintain unified test framework

Integrate test suites with Buildkite

Enforce promotion criteria

Auto-file regressions

Publish traceable artifacts and release notes

Plan and bring up racks

power and networking systems

Orchestrate device support automated flashing

and telemetry capture

Develop tools for API and firmware validation

Build dashboards and alerts for quality signals

Detect and quarantine flaky tests

Track delivery metrics

Create clear procedures and tooling for vendor technicians

Partner with embedded and systems software teams on testability

Partner with release infrastructure engineers on pipelines

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team collaboration; Partner with embedded and systems software teams; Partner with release infrastructure engineers; Work well across teams

Full Job Description

ABOUT THE TEAM The Systems Integration team is responsible for building the infrastructure, tooling, and validation systems that ensure our device software is reliable, testable, and ready to ship. We design and maintain automated test frameworks, hardware-in-the-loop labs, and release pipelines that keep quality signals trustworthy and enable rapid, safe product launches. Our work spans developer tools, automation, systems integration, and cross-team collaboration to ensure every release meets the highest standards. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Software Engineer, Quality and Developer Tools, you will build and own the systems that validate our device software—from test frameworks and regression infrastructure to hardware-in-the-loop labs and release gates. You’ll design the tooling and automation that keep quality signals trustworthy, integrate them into CI/CD, and make it easy for engineers and QA vendor technicians to execute reliable, repeatable workflows. We’re looking for engineers with deep experience in software quality, automation, developer tooling, and hardware-software integration who thrive on building scalable, reliable systems for validation and release readiness. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Test infrastructure & frameworks: Design, implement, and maintain a unified test framework for device software across unit, integration, system, and end-to-end testing, with reproducible runs and integrations with GitHub, Linear, and Slack. - CI/CD integration & releases: Integrate test suites with Buildkite, enforce promotion criteria for staging and production, auto-file regressions, and publish traceable artifacts and release notes. - Hardware-in-the-loop lab design & orchestration: Plan and bring up racks, power and networking systems, and orchestration for device testing; support automated flashing, provisioning, and t

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