Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Distributed Systems

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks Software Engineers to join the Infrastructure organization, focusing on building scalable, reliable distributed systems that power products like the OpenAI API and ChatGPT. You will set technical strategy, work with researchers and product teams, and improve tooling and developer experience to support high-impact work.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of experience, strong skills in Python, Go, C++, or Rust, and familiarity with Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience designing, operating, or scaling distributed systems or developer infrastructure
• Excellent communication & collaboration skills in cross-functional settings

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable and performant systems used across engineering and infrastructure teams
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and researchers to meet evolving needs
• Improve internal tooling, automation, and developer experience
• Contribute to incident response, postmortems, and best practices for reliability and scalability

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Rust

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability stacks

Job description

OpenAI seeks Software Engineers to join the Infrastructure organization, focusing on building scalable, reliable distributed systems that power products like the OpenAI API and ChatGPT. You will set technical strategy, work with researchers and product teams, and improve tooling and developer experience to support high-impact work.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of experience, strong skills in Python, Go, C++, or Rust, and familiarity with Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern