# Software Engineer, Compute - Storage

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $230k – $385k/yr
**Skills:** Rust, Kubernetes, Terraform, Grafana, Object Storage, Distributed Systems, Storage Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2024-12-10

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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