Performance Modeling Engineer ~2

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 266,000 - 445,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 1-2 yearsSkills: ["Programming","Analytical thinking","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Communication"]

Early-career performance modeling engineer to develop and apply modeling tools for AI system performance, running simulations and analytical models, and collaborating with hardware, infrastructure, and architecture teams to evaluate tradeoffs across compute, memory, networking, and storage.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
3 months ago

Performance Modeling Engineer ~2

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Job Summary

Early-career performance modeling engineer to develop and apply modeling tools for AI system performance, running simulations and analytical models, and collaborating with hardware, infrastructure, and architecture teams to evaluate tradeoffs across compute, memory, networking, and storage.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support the development and maintenance of performance modeling tools and frameworks
  • •Assist in building models to evaluate system behavior across compute, memory, networking, and interconnect subsystems
  • •Help analyze distributed system scaling behavior and identify performance bottlenecks
  • •Run simulations and analytical models to support architecture and infrastructure decisions
  • •Partner with senior engineers to evaluate design tradeoffs across hardware and system components

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 266,000 - 445,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •1–2 years of experience in software engineering, systems modeling, performance analysis, or related technical work
  • •Strong programming skills and experience building technical tools, scripts, or frameworks
  • •Familiarity with system architecture fundamentals such as compute, memory, and networking
  • •Ability to reason about system performance, bottlenecks, and scaling behavior
  • •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with comfort working in quantitative environments
Experience:1-2 yearsAIInfrastructureHardware
Skills:ProgrammingAnalytical thinkingProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SimulationBenchmarkingDistributed systemsModeling

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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