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OpenAI · 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems (Sora)

positionSan Francisco
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
money$255K/yr - $405K/yr

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 design and scale the infrastructure that powers large-scale multimodal training and evaluation, managing distributed data pipelines and collaborating with researchers.

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

Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient
Partner with researchers to deeply understand requirements and translate them into production-ready systems
Harden, optimize, and maintain critical data infrastructure systems that power multimodal training and evaluation

Qualification

Distributed systemsData infrastructureMachine learning infrastructureData orchestrationStreaming infrastructureSoftware engineering fundamentalsComfortable with ambiguityOrganizational skillsDetail-oriented

Required

Strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure with a strong interest in data
Detail-oriented and bring rigor to building and maintaining reliable systems
Excellent software engineering fundamentals and organizational skills
Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change

Benefits

Relocation assistance to new employees

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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Trends of Total Sponsorships
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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