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OpenAI

Software Engineer, Compute - Storage

230k – 385kSan Francisco, CANew York, NYHybrid
Summary

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.

About the role

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
Skills
RustKubernetesTerraformGrafanaObject StorageDistributed SystemsStorage Infrastructure
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