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OpenAI · 2 days ago

Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. In this role, you will help build a next-gen information retrieval stack optimized for an LLM, designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers search capabilities.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
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Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable search infrastructure to support large-scale data processing and retrieval
Optimize search algorithms and indexing processes to improve search relevance and performance
Work with a small, senior team of engineers and researchers to combine existing best practices with innovative approaches based on modern deep learning to develop industry-leading systems

Qualification

C++Search systems optimizationScalable system designDeep learningLearning agilityTeam collaboration

Required

Significant experience building, scaling, and optimizing search systems at scale
Experience building highly scalable systems from scratch
Voracious and intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills
Strong talent for sharing information clearly and concisely with others
Expertise in C++ is required

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Company

OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
dateFounded in 2015
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.openai.com

H1B Sponsorship

OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$79B
Key Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B

Leadership Team

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Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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