Software Engineer, Fleet Orchestration & Systems (Hybrid)

Alfie; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 490,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Job summary

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer, Operating Systems & Orchestration to design and build systems that manage both cloud and bare-metal fleets at scale. You will integrate nodes into unified clusters, enhancing reliability, performance, and the researcher experience in AI work.

You will collaborate with hardware, infra, and research teams, leverage Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, and apply automation to reduce toil while expanding capabilities across the compute

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills with experience in large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Broad knowledge of cluster-level systems (e.g., Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, cloud providers).
• Deep expertise in server-level systems (e.g., systems, containerization, Chef, Linux kernels, firmware management, host routing).
• Passionate about optimizing the performance and reliability of large compute fleets.
• Thrive in dynamic environments and are eager to solve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Value automation, efficiency, and continuous improvement in everything you build.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems to manage both cloud and bare-metal fleets at scale.
• Develop tools that integrate low-level hardware metrics with high-level job scheduling and cluster management algorithms.
• Leverage LLMs to coordinate vendor operations and optimize infrastructure workflows.
• Automate infrastructure processes, reducing repetitive toil and improving system reliability.
• Collaborate with hardware, infrastructure, and research teams to ensure seamless integration across the stack.
• Continuously improve tools, automation, processes, and documentation to enhance operational efficiency.

Skills

Large-scale infra

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Cloud providers

Linux systems

Containerization

Chef

Firmware management

Tools

Terraform

Chef

Linux

Containerization

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer, Operating Systems & Orchestration to design and build systems that manage both cloud and bare-metal fleets at scale. You will integrate nodes into unified clusters, enhancing reliability, performance, and the researcher experience in AI work.

You will collaborate with hardware, infra, and research teams, leverage Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, and apply automation to reduce toil while expanding capabilities across the compute