Software Engineering • Senior

Who you are

You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly in designing and building distributed systems. Your expertise includes working with load balancers and ensuring high availability and performance in complex environments. You are skilled in programming languages such as Java and Python, and you understand the intricacies of network protocols and traffic management.

You possess a strong background in Kubernetes and Docker, enabling you to manage containerized applications effectively. Your experience with observability tools allows you to instrument and debug systems, ensuring they operate smoothly under load. You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with researchers and machine learning engineers to optimize model performance.

What you'll do

In this role, you will architect and build the gateway and network load balancer that supports OpenAI's research jobs. You will design traffic stickiness and routing strategies to optimize for reliability and throughput, ensuring that requests are handled with millisecond precision. Your responsibilities will include instrumenting and debugging complex distributed systems, focusing on building world-class observability and debuggability tools.

You will own the end-to-end system lifecycle, from design and code to deployment, operation, and scaling. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will ensure that infrastructure decisions positively impact model performance and training dynamics. Your contributions will be critical in maintaining the reliability and efficiency of OpenAI's AI models.

What we offer

At OpenAI, you will be part of a mission-driven team that believes in the potential of artificial intelligence to solve global challenges. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, along with opportunities for professional growth and development. Join us in shaping the future of technology and making a meaningful impact in the world.