Operating Systems Engineer, Connectivity & Networking | Consumer Devices

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Skills: ["Technical troubleshooting","Cross-disciplinary collaboration","Systems thinking","Tradeoff analysis","Problem ownership"]

Design, develop, and maintain operating-system capabilities for reliable, secure connectivity across OpenAI consumer devices. Build OS services and APIs for Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and IP networking, including connection management, routing, service discovery, and network policy. Tackle cross-stack issues in protocol and application integration, improve performance and power using tracing and profiling, and validate real-world reliability through diagnostics, workloads, and automated regression testing.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
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Operating Systems Engineer, Connectivity & Networking | Consumer Devices

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Job Summary

Design, develop, and maintain operating-system capabilities for reliable, secure connectivity across OpenAI consumer devices. Build OS services and APIs for Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and IP networking, including connection management, routing, service discovery, and network policy. Tackle cross-stack issues in protocol and application integration, improve performance and power using tracing and profiling, and validate real-world reliability through diagnostics, workloads, and automated regression testing.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and maintain OS services, frameworks, and APIs for Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and IP networking.
  • •Build reusable network capabilities including connection management, network configuration/selection, service discovery, and routing.
  • •Develop network services and policies for secure communication, traffic management, and isolation across varied environments.
  • •Investigate and resolve correctness, concurrency, interoperability, and reliability issues across OS components, protocol stacks, and application interfaces.
  • •Improve latency, throughput, resource use, and power efficiency using tracing, profiling, and repeatable measurements; validate reliability with diagnostics and automated tests.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 385,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Substantial hands-on experience developing Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth functionality in OS frameworks, system services, or connectivity middleware.
  • •Strong understanding of IP networking (IPv4/IPv6, TCP/UDP, DNS, DHCP, routing, socket behavior) with practical implementation and debugging experience.
  • •Experience implementing advanced networking capabilities such as routing/policy, VPNs and tunneling, traffic management, or network isolation.
  • •Experience designing and maintaining platform APIs and services, including connection lifecycle management and integration with other OS components.
  • •Proficiency in C++ for systems development, including concurrent programming, memory ownership, and resource lifetime management.
Skills:Technical troubleshootingCross-disciplinary collaborationSystems thinkingTradeoff analysisProblem ownership
Tech Stack:Wi-FiBluetoothIP networkingIPv4IPv6TCPUDPDNSDHCPRoutingSocketsVPNsTunnelingTraffic managementNetwork isolationService discoveryAPIsConnection lifecycle managementSecure communicationC++

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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