Supercomputing, Software Engineer - Storage

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 360,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited time off

401(k) plan with 50% matching

Paid parental leave

Annual learning & development stipend

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co in San Francisco is seeking a skilled distributed systems engineer to design and manage exascale systems for research data. The role involves developing software to ensure efficient data access and management, driving system reliability, and collaborating with researchers on data use-cases.

The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of distributed systems, strong programming skills, and experience with public clouds like Azure. The position offers a competitive salary range and generous employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of distributed systems principles.
• Proven track record in designing and building scalable storage solutions.
• Experience with exascale data management systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to manage exascale data.
• Drive the reliability and cost-effectiveness of storage systems.
• Interface with researchers to understand data use-cases.
• Ensure security of critical datasets.

Skills

Distributed systems principles

Strong programming skills

Experience working in public clouds (especially Azure)

Familiar with AI/ML data access patterns

Job description

About the Team

Storage Infrastructure provides APIs for data access, placement, and lifecycle management, while ensuring that the storage systems’ capacity, throughput, and IOPs satisfy the needs of our AI researchers. Scalability, reliability, security, and usability are the core concerns of the team.

About the Role

As an engineer on the Storage Infrastructure team, you will design, build, and operate Exascale systems to scalably and reliably manage our research data across multiple regions.

We’re looking for distributed systems engineers who have worked on exascale data management systems or distributed filesystems.

In this role, you will:

• Develop software to manage exascale data, and make it accessible to researchers
• Drive the reliability, predictability, and cost effectiveness of our storage systems
• Interface with researchers to understand and accommodate data use‑cases
• Ensure the security of our critical datasets

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have a deep understanding of distributed systems principles and a proven track record in designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure storage solutions.
• Possess strong programming skills
• Have experience working in public clouds (especially Azure)
• Are familiar with AI/ML data access patterns
• Bias for action and comfort building in a fast paced, dynamic environment

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Compensation

$360K – $440K Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity and benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Mental health and wellness support
• 401(k) plan with 50% matching
• Unlimited time off and 13 company holidays per year
• Paid parental leave (24 weeks paid birth‑parent leave & 20‑week paid parental leave) and family‑planning support
• Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)