OpenAI · 4 months ago
Software Engineer, Research Developer Productivity
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$255K/yr - $325K/yrOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a pragmatic and passionate engineer to build and maintain systems that enhance the development experience for researchers and engineers, focusing on continuous integration and deployment processes.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Building and maintaining systems that allow our research + engineering organization to iteratively develop, test, and deploy new features reliably, with high velocity, and with a frictionless and fast development cycle
Overseeing and driving to the vision of how we should build, test and deploy software
Driving the design of our continuous integration pipelines, testing infrastructure, training and support around our build system
Taking ownership of the current environment that relies heavily on Python, Rust, and C++, and striving to transform it into a state of the art development experience for research
Providing the necessary tools and metrics to support our fast-paced culture and ensuring a stable, scalable platform for growth, while also fostering a seamless and low friction experience for OpenAI’s research
Qualification
Required
Have supported large monorepo development and deployment before
Are a proficient Python programmer working in large monorepos
Are proficient with Docker and Kubernetes
Experienced in CI/CD
Benefits
Relocation assistance to new employees
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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2025 (1)
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2022 (18)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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