OpenAI
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SoftwareEngineer,Quality&DeveloperTools
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“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.
root-cause analysis; debugging
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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