AI-Powered Observability Engineer

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is building the observability product for its production systems, spanning scalable infrastructure and AI-powered UI. We hire software engineers across the stack—infra, backend, and product—to create reliable, observable platforms.

You’ll work on distributed logging, time series, and remediation tools that power GPT-based products at scale. Join a small, gritty team that values safe deployment and practical engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Ability to solve unscoped problems in ambiguous environments.
• Full-stack capabilities or strong software product sensibilities.
• Strong fundamentals in systems, networking, and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Own core observability infrastructure, including logging, time series, and trace storage.
• Build AI-native tools to detect, understand, and resolve issues.
• Contribute to UI experiences like dashboards and notebook-like interfaces.
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and user ops across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Full-stack development

Systems fundamentals

Cloud infrastructure

Debugging & observability

Tools

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

OpenAI is building the observability product for its production systems, spanning scalable infrastructure and AI-powered UI. We hire software engineers across the stack—infra, backend, and product—to create reliable, observable platforms.

You’ll work on distributed logging, time series, and remediation tools that power GPT-based products at scale. Join a small, gritty team that values safe deployment and practical engineering.