[Remote] Software Engineer, Hardware at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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Requirements

  • Proficiency in systems programming (e.g., Rust, C++)
  • Proficiency in scripting languages like Python
  • Experience in compiler development, kernel authoring, accelerator programming, runtime systems, distributed systems, or high-performance simulation
  • Deep curiosity for how large-scale systems work
  • Ability to make systems faster, simpler, and more reliable

Responsibilities

  • Design and build APIs and runtime components to orchestrate computation and data movement across heterogeneous ML workloads
  • Contribute to compiler infrastructure, including the development of optimizations and compiler passes to support evolving hardware
  • Engineer and optimize compute and data kernels, ensuring correctness, high performance, and portability across simulation and production environments
  • Profile and optimize system bottlenecks, especially around I/O, memory hierarchy, and interconnects, at both local and distributed scales
  • Develop simulation infrastructure to validate runtime behaviors, test training stack changes, and support early-stage hardware and system development
  • Rapidly deploy runtime and compiler updates to new supercomputing builds in close collaboration with hardware and research teams
  • Work across a diverse stack, primarily using Rust and Python, with opportunities to influence architecture decisions across the training framework

Skills

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

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
Mental healthcare service
Fertility treatment coverage
401(k) with generous matching
20-week paid parental leave
Life insurance (complimentary)
AD&D insurance (complimentary)
Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
Optional buy-up life insurance
Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
Annual learning & development stipend
Regular team happy hours and outings
Daily catered lunch and dinner
Travel to domestic conferences

Risks

Elon Musk's legal battle may pose financial and reputational challenges for OpenAI.
Customizable ChatGPT personas could lead to privacy and ethical concerns.
Competitors like Anthropic raising capital may intensify market competition.

Differentiation

OpenAI's capped profit model prioritizes ethical AI development over unlimited profit.
OpenAI's AI models, like Sora, offer unique video creation from text descriptions.
OpenAI's focus on AGI aims to create AI systems smarter than humans.

Upsides

OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding boosts its AI research and computational capacity.
Customizable ChatGPT personas enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
OpenAI's 'Operator' AI agent could revolutionize workforce automation by 2025.

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