Fleet Hardware Reliability Engineer (Automation & HPC)

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a software engineer for the Fleet Hardware team to ensure reliability and uptime across our compute fleet. You will build automation for provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle events, collaborating with clusters, networking, and infra teams to minimize hardware failures that impact research and product services.

The role emphasizes deep problem solving, automation, and scalable health monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale server environments.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Strong Linux, networking, and server hardware knowledge.
• Comfort digging into noisy data with SQL, PromQL, and Pandas or any other tool.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automation systems for provisioning and managing server fleets.
• Develop tools to monitor server health, performance, and lifecycle events.
• Collaborate with clusters, networking, and infrastructure teams.
• Partner with external operators to ensure a high level of quality.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Continuously improve automation to reduce manual work.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux

Networking

SQL

PromQL

Pandas

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a software engineer for the Fleet Hardware team to ensure reliability and uptime across our compute fleet. You will build automation for provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle events, collaborating with clusters, networking, and infra teams to minimize hardware failures that impact research and product services.

The role emphasizes deep problem solving, automation, and scalable health monitoring.