System Software Engineer, Consumer Devices

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 293,000 - 325,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["C++","C","Python","Bash","Debugging","Profiling","IPC","Networking","OS internals"]

Seeking a Systems Software Engineer to design, implement, and debug core platform components and pipelines that build and update system images across OS layers. You’ll optimize performance, security, and reliability, own observability, collaborate across teams, and contribute to end-to-end platform features for a hybrid San Francisco-based environment.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
8 months ago

System Software Engineer, Consumer Devices

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Job Summary

Seeking a Systems Software Engineer to design, implement, and debug core platform components and pipelines that build and update system images across OS layers. You’ll optimize performance, security, and reliability, own observability, collaborate across teams, and contribute to end-to-end platform features for a hybrid San Francisco-based environment.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and debug system‑level components and services across kernel and user space.
  • •Configure and maintain OS platform services (init, services, networking, security policies) and related tooling.
  • •Build and operate image and update pipelines, ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and rollback safety.
  • •Instrument and analyze performance using profiling and tracing; optimize CPU, memory, I/O, and power usage.
  • •Own platform observability and reliability: logging, crash capture, watchdogs, and diagnostics.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 325,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RelocationEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Proficient in C/C++ and a scripting language; comfortable with OS internals (concurrency, memory management, filesystems, networking, power management).
  • •Have shipped production systems software on modern operating systems.
  • •Strong systems debugging skills using debuggers, tracers, profilers, and logs across kernel/user-space boundaries.
  • •Experience designing and updating platform images and update mechanisms for reliability and security.
  • •Ability to translate requirements into stable, well-documented APIs and to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end features.
Experience:AISoftwareSystems
Skills:C++CPythonBashDebuggingProfilingIPCNetworkingOS internals
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CC++PythonBashLinuxDebuggersProfilersIPCNetworking

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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