Software Engineer, Foundations Search

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 380,000 - 555,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Ownership","Attention to detail"]

Software Engineer focused on building and scaling retrieval systems, designing indexing and serving layers, and collaborating with researchers to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques for low-latency, high-throughput model interactions at OpenAI.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
5 months ago

Software Engineer, Foundations Search

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Job Summary

Software Engineer focused on building and scaling retrieval systems, designing indexing and serving layers, and collaborating with researchers to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques for low-latency, high-throughput model interactions at OpenAI.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and scale retrieval infrastructure across indexing, serving, and query execution.
  • •Develop low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time model interaction.
  • •Partner with research to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques.
  • •Support dense, sparse, and hybrid retrieval pipelines.
  • •Own system performance, reliability, and observability at scale.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 380,000 - 555,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Experience building and scaling distributed systems.
  • •Background in search, retrieval, or indexing systems.
  • •Familiarity with embedding-based or ML-powered systems.
  • •Experience with performance optimization and production reliability.
  • •Ability to work across ML and systems boundaries.
Experience:Distributed systemsSearchRetrievalIndexingML-powered systems
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationOwnershipAttention to detail
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Distributed systemsSearchRetrievalIndexingEmbeddingsML

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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