Software Engineer: Large-Scale Retrieval & AI (Equity)

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 380,000 - 555,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Mental health and wellness support

Annual learning and development stipend

Daily meals in offices

Job summary

Slope is seeking a Software Engineer in San Francisco to build and scale retrieval systems across indexing, serving, and query execution.

This role focuses on developing infrastructure for real-time model interaction, ensuring system performance and reliability. The compensation package ranges from $380K to $555K along with significant equity and benefits.

Join a team that is advancing AI capabilities while fostering an inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and scaling distributed systems.
• Familiarity with performance optimization and reliability.
• Ability to work across machine learning and systems boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale retrieval infrastructure across indexing and serving.
• Develop low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time model interaction.
• Own system performance, reliability, and observability at scale.

Skills

Building and scaling distributed systems

Search, retrieval, or indexing systems

Embedding-based or ML-powered systems

Performance optimization and production reliability

Job description

Slope is seeking a Software Engineer in San Francisco to build and scale retrieval systems across indexing, serving, and query execution.

This role focuses on developing infrastructure for real-time model interaction, ensuring system performance and reliability. The compensation package ranges from $380K to $555K along with significant equity and benefits.

Join a team that is advancing AI capabilities while fostering an inclusive environment.