Compute Infrastructure Engineer for Frontier AI

OpenAI

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 230,000 - 405,000

Full time

14 days+

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Equity
Flexible work environment
Health benefits

Job summary

OpenAI is looking for a Software Engineer for Compute Infrastructure in Los Angeles to build and optimize system software for large-scale AI workloads. Candidates should possess strong software engineering skills and experience in distributed systems, networking, and high-performance computing. Key responsibilities include designing infrastructure across hardware and networking protocols, profiling workloads, and creating reliable automation tools. The role offers a compensation range of $230K – $405K plus equity and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering skills and experience building production infrastructure systems.
  • Experience in distributed systems, operating systems, or high-performance computing.
  • Ability to debug complex system behavior across software and hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize reliable system software for large-scale compute systems.
  • Design and operate infrastructure across accelerators, CPUs, and networking protocols.
  • Profile and optimize training workloads across compute and memory.

Skills

Strong software engineering skills
Distributed systems
Networking protocols
High-performance computing
Kubernetes
Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NCCL
CaaS
Profiling tools

Job description

OpenAI is looking for a Software Engineer for Compute Infrastructure in Los Angeles to build and optimize system software for large-scale AI workloads. Candidates should possess strong software engineering skills and experience in distributed systems, networking, and high-performance computing. Key responsibilities include designing infrastructure across hardware and networking protocols, profiling workloads, and creating reliable automation tools. The role offers a compensation range of $230K – $405K plus equity and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.
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