OpenAI
AI
Staff+SoftwareEngineer,IdentityInfrastructureEngineering
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“Staff+ Software Engineer, Identity Infrastructure Engineering at OpenAI. Skills: identity infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, infrastructure-as-code, security-critical systems. Lead the architecture, development, and operation of identity infrastructure that spans cloud platforms, internal systems, and critical engineering services. Design and evolve systems for authentication, authorization, access governance, auditability, and policy enforcement with a focus on reliabili”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity; provide a secure and scalable platform for permissioning, orchestration, and innovative AI research; build secure, scalable, and reliable systems used broadly across the company; enable rapid development while maintaining security boundaries and operational rigor
Industry & Context.
hybrid work model of three days in the office per week, relocation assistance to new employees
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years building and operating large-scale infrastructure, platform, or backend systems, Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, identity systems, distributed systems, and infrastructure-as-code, Experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams and driving architecture in ambiguous environments, Experience building security-critical systems involving authentication, authorization, access governance, privileged access, or policy enforcement, software engineering fundamentals with experience in Go, Rust, Python, or similar languages, Ability to debug across code, cloud infrastructure, identity systems, networking, and operations, High bar for reliability, security, auditability, and operational rigor in mission-critical systems
What You'll Do.
Lead the architecture
and operation of identity infrastructure that spans cloud platforms
and critical engineering services
Design and evolve systems for authentication
and policy enforcement with a focus on reliability
and secure-by-default design
Build foundational infrastructure and platform capabilities that are broadly used across engineering
Improve the reliability
and operational maturity of identity infrastructure that supports mission-critical systems and workflows
high-impact technical initiatives across security
and engineering teams
driving alignment and execution across multiple stakeholders
Partner closely with engineers
and security teams to build scalable access patterns and infrastructure that enable rapid development while maintaining security boundaries and operational rigor
Raise the engineering bar through technical judgment
thoughtful system design
operational excellence
and long-term ownership of critical infrastructure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner with teams across OpenAI—Applied Engineering, Research, IT, and Security; partner closely with engineers, researchers, and security teams
Process & Methodology
Lead ambiguous, high-impact technical initiatives across security, infrastructure, and engineering teams, driving alignment and execution across multiple stakeholders
Full Job Description
About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Identity Infrastructure Engineering team sits at the core of this effort, designing and building the identity and access management solutions that protect our model weights, customer data, and critical systems across multiple cloud environments. We partner with teams across OpenAI—Applied Engineering, Research, IT, and Security—to provide a secure and scalable platform for permissioning, orchestration, and innovative AI research. About the Role We’re looking for a Staff+ Software Engineer to help build and evolve the identity infrastructure that supports OpenAI’s research, engineering, and internal platforms. This role sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, identity systems, and software engineering. You’ll work across production systems, infrastructure-as-code, cloud control planes, identity providers, and operational infrastructure to build secure, scalable, and reliable systems used broadly across the company. The ideal candidate has experience building and operating large-scale, mission-critical systems with strong reliability and security requirements, and is comfortable writing production code, designing distributed systems, and driving ambiguous projects from 0 to 1 while building the operational rigor needed to run critical infrastructure over time. In this role, you will: - Lead the architecture, development, and operation of identity infrastructure that spans cloud platforms, internal systems, and critical engineering services. - Design and evolve systems for authentication, authorization, access governance, auditability, and policy enforcement with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and secure-by-default design. - Build foundational infrastructure and platform capabilities that are broadly used across engineering, research, and security teams. - Improve the reliability, observability, performance
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