# Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed Data Systems

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $295k – $445k/yr
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Data Orchestration, Distributed Storage, Streaming Infrastructure, Distributed Compute, Scalable Data Platforms
**Posted:** 2026-02-06

> Designs and scales distributed data infrastructure for large-scale multimodal AI training and evaluation. Collaborates with researchers to build reliable, high-performance systems in a fast-paced environment.

## Job Description

## In this role, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient.
- Partner with researchers to deeply understand requirements and translate them into production-ready systems.
- Harden, optimize, and maintain critical data infrastructure systems that power multimodal training and evaluation.

## You might thrive in this role if you:
- Have strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure with a strong interest in data.
- Are detail-oriented and bring rigor to building and maintaining reliable systems.
- Demonstrate excellent software engineering fundamentals and organizational skills.
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.

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