Identity Platform Engineering Leader

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is looking for an engineering leader to head the Identity Infrastructure Engineering team based in San Francisco, California. This role involves overseeing systems for access management across OpenAI’s platforms while ensuring security and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in building engineering teams and managing security-focused infrastructure. The position emphasizes collaboration across various teams and the transformation of complex infrastructure into trusted systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and developing engineering teams.
• Experience in security-critical production systems.
• Hands-on technical depth in code and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing Identity Infrastructure team.
• Define strategy for identity platform as the policy plane.
• Establish first-class authorization for agents and workloads.

Skills

Leadership in engineering

Security-critical system management

Cloud infrastructure

Identity and access management

Policy enforcement

Job description

OpenAI is looking for an engineering leader to head the Identity Infrastructure Engineering team based in San Francisco, California. This role involves overseeing systems for access management across OpenAI’s platforms while ensuring security and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in building engineering teams and managing security-focused infrastructure. The position emphasizes collaboration across various teams and the transformation of complex infrastructure into trusted systems.