OpenAI · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, Data Acquisition
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$325K/yr - $405K/yr
6+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer to join their Data Acquisition team, responsible for leading engineering projects related to data collection, web crawling, and data ingestion.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Own and lead engineering projects in the area of data acquisition including web crawling, data ingestion, and search
Collaborate with other sub-teams, such as Data Processing, Architecture, and Scaling, to ensure smooth data flow and system operability
Work closely with the legal team to handle any compliance or data privacy-related matters
Develop and deploy highly scalable distributed systems capable of handling petabytes of data
Architect and implement algorithms for data indexing and search capabilities
Build and maintain backend services for data storage, including work with key-value databases and synchronization
Deploy solutions in a Kubernetes Infrastructure-as-Code environment and perform routine system checks
Conduct and analyze experiments on data to provide insights into system performance
Qualification
Required
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
6+ years of industry experience in software development
Strong expertise in large stateful distributed systems and data processing
Proficiency in Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
Willingness and enthusiasm for trying new approaches and technologies
Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Preferred
Experience with large web crawlers a plus
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.
201-500 employees
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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
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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