ML Data Systems Engineer—Distributed & Scalable

OpenAI; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Job summary

OpenAI Robotics is seeking a Research Engineer, Distributed Data Systems to design and scale infrastructure powering multimodal training and evaluation. You will manage distributed data pipelines and collaborate with researchers to translate requirements into robust systems.

Ideal candidates have strong distributed systems experience and a proven track record building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments, with a hybrid work model featuring 3 days in the office per week and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure.
• Ability to collaborate with researchers to translate requirements into production systems.
• Detail-oriented and able to operate in high-stakes environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems for multimodal training and evaluation.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and security of the data platform.
• Partner with researchers to understand requirements and translate into production-ready systems.
• Harden and optimize critical data infrastructure supporting multimodal workloads.

Skills

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Software engineering fundamentals

Data infrastructure

Collaboration with researchers

Tools

Distributed compute

Data orchestration

Streaming infrastructure

ML infrastructure

Job description

OpenAI Robotics is seeking a Research Engineer, Distributed Data Systems to design and scale infrastructure powering multimodal training and evaluation. You will manage distributed data pipelines and collaborate with researchers to translate requirements into robust systems.

Ideal candidates have strong distributed systems experience and a proven track record building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments, with a hybrid work model featuring 3 days in the office per week and