Frontier Systems Infra Engineer: Scale Hyperscale Clusters

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 490,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking engineers to operate and scale Kubernetes clusters for frontier research in San Francisco. This role blends engineering responsibilities with hands-on tasks, requiring expertise in Kubernetes and automation.

Candidates should have experience in high-availability environments and possess programming skills in languages like Python. Compensation ranges from $230K to $490K, reflecting the importance of this role in maintaining reliable operations.

Qualifications

• Experience as an infrastructure or systems engineer in large-scale environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals and containerized workloads.
• Proficiency in automating cluster or data center operations.

Responsibilities

• Spin up and scale large Kubernetes clusters and manage cluster lifecycle.
• Build software abstractions for multiple clusters for training workloads.
• Integrate networking and hardware health systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Infrastructure-as-Code

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

OpenAI is seeking engineers to operate and scale Kubernetes clusters for frontier research in San Francisco. This role blends engineering responsibilities with hands-on tasks, requiring expertise in Kubernetes and automation.

Candidates should have experience in high-availability environments and possess programming skills in languages like Python. Compensation ranges from $230K to $490K, reflecting the importance of this role in maintaining reliable operations.