Software Engineer, Core Network Engineering

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 342,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Linux networking","Kernel","RDMA","RoCE","InfiniBand","DPDK","Ethernet","GPU interconnects","C++","Python","Go","Networking","Observability"]

Design, build, and operate networking systems supporting OpenAI's frontier AI training and inference infrastructure, spanning host networking, datacenter fabrics, and global WANs. Tackle low-latency, high-throughput challenges, improve reliability and scalability, and develop automation and observability tooling. Collaborate with compute, storage, and hardware teams to ensure networking scales with fleet growth and directly accelerates AI research and deployment.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
2 months ago

Software Engineer, Core Network Engineering

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate networking systems supporting OpenAI's frontier AI training and inference infrastructure, spanning host networking, datacenter fabrics, and global WANs. Tackle low-latency, high-throughput challenges, improve reliability and scalability, and develop automation and observability tooling. Collaborate with compute, storage, and hardware teams to ensure networking scales with fleet growth and directly accelerates AI research and deployment.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Design, build, and operate networking systems that support large-scale AI training and inference infrastructure
  • ā€¢Improve performance, reliability, and scalability across host networking, datacenter fabrics, and WAN systems
  • ā€¢Develop automation for provisioning, configuration management, validation, upgrades, and lifecycle management of networking infrastructure
  • ā€¢Build tooling and observability systems for network health, performance analysis, debugging, and automated remediation
  • ā€¢Diagnose complex distributed systems and networking issues across large heterogeneous compute environments

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 342,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢Experience building or operating large-scale networking or distributed systems infrastructure
  • ā€¢Proficiency with Linux networking and kernel systems, NICs, and performance-sensitive infrastructure software
  • ā€¢Hands-on experience with high-performance networking technologies such as InfiniBand, RoCE, DPDK, or large-scale Ethernet fabrics
  • ā€¢Familiarity with host networking, datacenter fabrics, or WAN systems and interest in performance bottlenecks
  • ā€¢Proficient in production software languages such as C++, Python, or Go
Experience:AI infrastructureCloud networking
Skills:Linux networkingKernelRDMARoCEInfiniBandDPDKEthernetGPU interconnectsC++PythonGoNetworkingObservability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:C++PythonGoLinuxRDMARoCEInfiniBandDPDKEthernet

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·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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