Senior AI Performance Engineer — Remote

OpenAI; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI research company is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to enhance the performance, reliability, and efficiency of its systems. This highly technical role requires expertise in analyzing and optimizing performance across various infrastructure layers. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, particularly in high-scale distributed systems, and the ability to collaborate closely with multiple teams to drive systemic improvements. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful AI products.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on performance or reliability.
• Strong understanding of OS internals, scheduling, memory management, and IO patterns.
• Experience optimizing performance across multiple layers of a stack.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize performance across all infrastructure layers.
• Develop tooling and metrics for system performance observability.
• Collaborate with various teams to identify performance goals.

Skills

Performance engineering

Distributed systems

Performance profiling tools

System observability

Job description

A cutting-edge AI research company is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to enhance the performance, reliability, and efficiency of its systems. This highly technical role requires expertise in analyzing and optimizing performance across various infrastructure layers. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, particularly in high-scale distributed systems, and the ability to collaborate closely with multiple teams to drive systemic improvements. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful AI products.