Software Engineer, Compute - Storage
Build and operate storage infrastructure powering OpenAI's research and production, including object stores, cross-region data movement, lifecycle management, and federation layers on Kubernetes using Rust.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and operate storage services that underpin OpenAI’s research infrastructure
- Develop object storage systems across cloud and in-house environments
- Build systems for cross-region data movement, replication, and recovery
- Design lifecycle management capabilities that keep data durable, available, and cost-effective
- Evolve the federation layer that unifies multiple backend systems behind a simple interface
- Improve performance, reliability, and operational excellence across the platform
- Collaborate closely with researchers and infrastructure teams to support rapidly evolving workloads
Requirements
- Experience building or operating distributed systems in production
- Worked on storage infrastructure, object stores, distributed filesystems, or other data-intensive backend systems
- Enjoy owning infrastructure end to end, including debugging and long-term reliability improvements
- Write strong production code, ideally in Rust or another systems-oriented language
- Comfortable working with Kubernetes-based systems
- Experience with tools such as Terraform, Grafana, or similar infrastructure and observability tooling
Skills
Rust, Kubernetes, Terraform, Grafana, Object Storage, Distributed Systems, Storage Infrastructure
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