Capacity Systems Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build software systems that serve as the system of record for Industrial Compute planning and operations
• Develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and data platforms that support capacity forecasting, allocation, deployment readiness, and operational planning
• Build applications that connect infrastructure delivery, fleet health, capacity utilization, product demand, and financial planning into a shared operational view
• Build planning and scenario-modeling systems that help leaders understand tradeoffs across capacity, utilization, cost, reliability, launch timing, and business impact
• Create workflow automation and decision-support tooling that improves planning accuracy and reduces operational overhead
• Partner with Capacity Planning, Fleet Operations, Product, Finance, Infrastructure Engineering, Supply Chain, and Strategic Sourcing teams to understand operational workflows and translate them into software systems
• Drive architecture decisions across planning platforms, operational tooling, and internal infrastructure systems
• Improve data quality, observability, and operational visibility across Industrial Compute programs
• Build extensible software foundations that scale alongside OpenAI's rapidly growing infrastructure footprint

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages
• Experience building distributed systems, backend services, internal platforms, workflow systems, or operational tooling
• Experience designing APIs, data pipelines, and integrations across multiple systems
• Strong system design and software architecture skills
• Experience working with large operational datasets and business-critical workflows
• Ability to operate effectively in highly cross-functional environments and translate ambiguous operational challenges into scalable technical solutions
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive complex projects

Preferred Skills

• Experience building planning systems, forecasting platforms, optimization engines, or decision-support tools
• Experience with SQL, data warehouses, orchestration frameworks, analytics platforms, and distributed data systems
• Experience supporting infrastructure, cloud platforms, data centers, hardware deployment programs, or large-scale operational environments
• Familiarity with capacity planning, supply chain systems, financial modeling, or infrastructure operations
• Experience replacing spreadsheet-driven workflows with scalable software platforms
• Experience building systems that support scenario planning, forecasting, optimization, or resource allocation
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure, hyperscale compute environments, or large-scale distributed systems