Software Engineer, Delivery / CD

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 490,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Adaptability"]

Design, build, and operate the continuous deployment platform that safely ships OpenAI’s infrastructure and product code to production. You’ll own deployment pipelines, rollout safety, and AI-assisted workflows across Kubernetes clusters, using GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and modern CI/CD tooling to improve velocity, reliability, and observable deployments at scale.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
4 months ago

Software Engineer, Delivery / CD

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate the continuous deployment platform that safely ships OpenAI’s infrastructure and product code to production. You’ll own deployment pipelines, rollout safety, and AI-assisted workflows across Kubernetes clusters, using GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and modern CI/CD tooling to improve velocity, reliability, and observable deployments at scale.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build continuous deployment infrastructure that safely rolls out changes across dozens of Kubernetes clusters and global regions.
  • •Develop systems for progressive delivery, including canary releases, staged rollouts, and automated rollback.
  • •Improve engineering velocity by reducing friction in the release pipeline and automating manual operational workflows.
  • •Work with product and infrastructure teams to ensure their services are deployable, observable, and resilient at scale.
  • •Implement and evolve deployment methodologies such as GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and progressive delivery patterns.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 490,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Strong experience with Kubernetes-based deployment systems at scale
  • •Experience building or operating continuous deployment platforms
  • •Familiarity with GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD or Flux)
  • •Interest in AI-assisted systems that shepherd software changes to production
  • •Ability to design deployment methodologies (GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, progressive delivery)
Experience:AI infrastructureCloud
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTeamworkAdaptability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:KubernetesPythonFastAPITerraformGitOpsArgoCDFluxBuildkiteCI/CD

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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