Infrastructure Cost & Efficiency Engineer

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of systems for infrastructure cost and efficiency. You will build platforms that illuminate spend, identify utilization improvements, and help teams plan capacity.

The role emphasizes ownership across teams and direct impact on infrastructure decision-making. You will work with infrastructure engineers, product, finance, and leadership to translate ambiguous problems into reliable software, data, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing, building, and operating production software and distributed systems.
• Experience building infrastructure efficiency, cost attribution, or budgeting solutions.
• Hands-on coding and architectural leadership across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction and roadmap for infrastructure cost/efficiency systems.
• Build billing, usage metering, and cost attribution components linking spend to resources and teams.
• Develop data pipelines integrating cloud billing, inventory, and utilization signals.
• Create budgeting, forecasting, and capacity planning tools for teams.
• Identify waste and partner with engineering to deliver measurable improvements.
• Provide APIs, reporting, and automated controls for consumption and budgets.
• Offer technical leadership, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability and scale.

Skills

Distributed systems

Hands-on engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Cost attribution

Data pipelines

Tools

Kubernetes

Public cloud

Batch/Streaming data

Data platforms

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of systems for infrastructure cost and efficiency. You will build platforms that illuminate spend, identify utilization improvements, and help teams plan capacity.

The role emphasizes ownership across teams and direct impact on infrastructure decision-making. You will work with infrastructure engineers, product, finance, and leadership to translate ambiguous problems into reliable software, data, and