Software Engineer, Security Observability

OpenAI
New York
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 325,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Communication","Team-oriented"]

Join OpenAI’s Security team as a Software Engineer focused on security observability. You’ll design scalable software systems and data pipelines to centralize security data, improve reliability, and support forensic investigations, collaborating with Detection & Response and other security groups to reduce risk. The role is remote with relocation options to SF/Seattle/NYC and emphasizes cross‑functional engineering across data, databases, and SRE domains.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
1 year ago

Software Engineer, Security Observability

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Job Summary

Join OpenAI’s Security team as a Software Engineer focused on security observability. You’ll design scalable software systems and data pipelines to centralize security data, improve reliability, and support forensic investigations, collaborating with Detection & Response and other security groups to reduce risk. The role is remote with relocation options to SF/Seattle/NYC and emphasizes cross‑functional engineering across data, databases, and SRE domains.
Location: New York
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop scalable software systems that facilitate security observability across our infrastructure.
  • •Build and maintain data pipelines that centralize and store security-relevant data from diverse sources.
  • •Proactively improve the resilience and reliability of data systems to ensure high platform availability.
  • •Collaborate closely with Detection & Response (D&R) and other security teams to reduce the company’s security risk.
  • •Contribute to data engineering in support of forensic investigations and compliance efforts.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 325,000 - 405,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar.
  • •Experience with infrastructure as code and tools like Terraform; experience with Azure or similar cloud platforms.
  • •Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, especially for security-related use cases.
  • •Ability to pivot between technical domains (databases, SRE, security) as needed.
  • •Strong collaboration with security and engineering teams to implement scalable data solutions.
Experience:Security observabilityData engineeringCloudSRE
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationTeam-oriented
Tech Stack:PythonGolangTerraformAzureData pipelinesSRE

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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Glassdoor: 4.4
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