Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

OpenAI
San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 490,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Leadership","Adaptability"]

Join OpenAI’s Applied AI Infrastructure team as a Software Engineer focused on developer productivity. You will design and build tools and systems to accelerate engineering velocity, optimize workflows, and ensure observable, scalable infrastructure, using Kubernetes-based GPU deployments, Terraform, and modern CI pipelines. You’ll collaborate across teams, own technical foundations, and contribute to a high-impact, fast-growing product ecosystem.

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Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

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Job Summary

Join OpenAI’s Applied AI Infrastructure team as a Software Engineer focused on developer productivity. You will design and build tools and systems to accelerate engineering velocity, optimize workflows, and ensure observable, scalable infrastructure, using Kubernetes-based GPU deployments, Terraform, and modern CI pipelines. You’ll collaborate across teams, own technical foundations, and contribute to a high-impact, fast-growing product ecosystem.
Location: San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive the design, development, and implementation of tools, systems, and processes that accelerate engineering velocity, reduce manual effort, and increase the quality of output.
  • •Use our latest AI tools to re-think how we can be the most productive team in the industry.
  • •Collaborate with various teams within OpenAI to understand workflows, challenges, and needs, and ensure tools address these requirements.
  • •Bring new features and research capabilities to the world by partnering with product engineers to lay the necessary technical foundations.
  • •Guide and advise product engineering teams on best practices for ensuring observable, scalable systems.

Pay and Benefits

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

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in engineering, including 3+ years of experience in infrastructure building tooling for developers
  • •Proficiency with Kubernetes-based infrastructure and large-scale deployments
  • •Experience with tooling/infrastructure for developers and improving engineering velocity
  • •Strong empathy for developer workflows and ability to reduce toil
  • •Ability to learn quickly, share knowledge clearly, and operate effectively in ambiguous environments
Experience:5+ yearsInfrastructureDeveloper toolingEngineering workflow
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationLeadershipAdaptability
Tech Stack:TerraformBuildkitePostgresCosmos DBKafkaPythonFastAPIKubernetes

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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