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Software Engineer, Research Developer Productivity

Builds and maintains developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, and testing infrastructure for large-scale monorepo in Python, Rust, and C++ to enable fast, reliable research development at OpenAI. Requires proficiency in large monorepos, Docker, and Kubernetes.

230k – 325k/yr
HybridFullstack Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain systems enabling research and engineering teams to iteratively develop, test, and deploy features reliably with high velocity and low friction.
  • Oversee and drive vision for building, testing, and deploying software.
  • Design continuous integration pipelines, testing infrastructure, and provide training/support for the build system.
  • Take ownership of Python, Rust, and C++ environments to create state-of-the-art development experience for research.
  • Provide tools and metrics to support fast-paced culture, ensuring stable, scalable platform and seamless experience.

Requirements

  • Experience supporting large monorepo development and deployment.
  • Proficient Python programmer in large monorepos.
  • Proficient with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experienced in CI/CD.

Preferred

  • Strong focus on development experience for engineers and scientists.

Skills

PythonRustC++DockerKubernetesCI/CDMonorepo
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