# Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure - HPC

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $230k – $490k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Go, Linux, SQL, Promql, pandas, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, InfiniBand
**Posted:** 2026-02-05

> Software engineer focused on reliability and uptime of OpenAI's GPU/HPC compute fleet through automation, monitoring tools, and performance optimization. Requires proficiency in Python/Go, Linux, networking, and data analysis skills.

## Job Description

## In this role, you will:
- Build and maintain automation systems for provisioning and managing server fleets.
- Develop tools to monitor server health, performance, and lifecycle events.
- Collaborate with clusters, networking, and infrastructure teams.
- Partner with external operators to ensure a high level of quality.
- Identify and fix performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
- Continuously improve automation to reduce manual work.

## You might thrive in this role if you have:
- Experience managing large-scale server environments.
- A balance of strengths in building and operationalizing.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Strong Linux, networking, and server hardware knowledge.
- Comfort digging into noisy data with SQL, PromQL, and Pandas or any other tool.

**Prior hardware expertise is not required for this role.**

## Bonus Skills:
- Experience with low level details of hardware components, protocols, and associated Linux tooling (e.g., PCIe, Infiniband, networking, power management, kernel perf tuning)
- Knowledge of hardware management protocols (e.g., IPMI, Redfish).
- High-performance computing (HPC) or distributed systems experience.
- Prior experience developing, managing, or designing hardware.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).

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