Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join OpenAI's Applied Engineering team as an Infrastructure Engineer and contribute to the safe deployment of AI technology to public sector customers. You will design and build scalable infrastructure, improve engineering productivity through tooling, collaborate with product engineers, and ensure system reliability. This role requires experience in building and operating infrastructure at scale, working in challenging environments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position is based in Washington D.C. or San Francisco, with occasional travel. OpenAI is committed to safety and responsible AI development, offering a chance to work on impactful projects.

Requirements

• Hold an active US security clearance
• Have 8+ years of experience in engineering, including 4+ years of experience in infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Design and build performant, reliable, and scalable infrastructure, both on-premises and in cloud, for our public sector customers
• Accelerate engineering productivity by empowering your fellow engineers with excellent tooling and systems
• Bring new features and research capabilities to the world by partnering with product engineers to lay the necessary technical foundations
• Guide and advise product engineering teams on best practices for ensuring observable, scalable systems
• Work with our on-site teams and customers to ensure the reliability of the systems we build. This includes an on-call rotation to respond to critical incidents as needed
• Partner with teams across the business, including engineering, security, and compliance, to enable our infrastructure to operate within the unique constraints of new environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Built, operated, and maintained infrastructure in environments with unique and challenging constraints
• Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
• Debug issues across the stack, inclusive of networking and performance
• Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease
• Have a voracious and intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills—and an equally strong talent for sharing learnings clearly and concisely with others