Software Engineer, Core Services at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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$255,000 – $405,000Compensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Artificial Intelligence, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Experience with distributed systems, caching infrastructure (e.g., Redis, Memcached), metadata storage (e.g., FoundationDB), or workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal, Cadence)
Experience running containerized services in cloud environments and integrating them into automated build/test/release (CI/CD) workflows
Understanding of trade-offs in consistency models, replication strategies, and performance optimization in multi-region systems
Excel at communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams, and obsessed with delivering customer success

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain shared infrastructure services such as caching layers, workflow orchestration (Temporal), metadata stores, and file storage services
Collaborate with product teams to provide scalable, reliable primitives that abstract the complexities of distributed systems
Improve performance, resilience, and scalability of core services that power customer-facing applications

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

RedisMemcachedTemporalFoundationDBCadenceCI/CD

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary range for this Software Engineer position?

The salary range is $255K - $405K.

Is this role remote or office-based, and what's the work model?

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. OpenAI offers relocation assistance to new employees.

What skills and experience are required for this role?

Key requirements include experience with distributed systems, caching infrastructure (e.g., Redis, Memcached), metadata storage (e.g., FoundationDB), workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal, Cadence), running containerized services in cloud environments with CI/CD, and understanding trade-offs in consistency models, replication, and performance optimization.

What is the Core Services team like at OpenAI?

The Core Services team builds and manages foundational services, acting as a bridge between core infrastructure like compute, storage, and networking, and product engineering teams to enable fast, reliable, and scalable product development.

What makes someone a strong candidate for this Software Engineer role?

Strong candidates are passionate about building infrastructure that empowers product teams, love distributed systems challenges, enjoy creating well-designed APIs and abstractions, excel at communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams, and are obsessed with customer success.

OpenAI

Develops safe and beneficial AI technologies

About OpenAI

OpenAI develops and deploys artificial intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting humanity. The company creates advanced AI models capable of performing various tasks, such as automating processes and enhancing creativity. OpenAI's products, like Sora, allow users to generate videos from text descriptions, showcasing the versatility of its AI applications. Unlike many competitors, OpenAI operates under a capped profit model, which limits the profits it can make and ensures that excess earnings are redistributed to maximize the social benefits of AI. This commitment to safety and ethical considerations is central to its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves all of humanity.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2015Year Founded

$18,433.2MTotal Funding

LATE_VCCompany Stage

AI & Machine LearningIndustries

1,001-5,000Employees