OpenAI · 1 week ago
Software Engineer, Research Developer Productivity
San Francisco, CA
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. The role involves building and maintaining systems to 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
Oversee and drive to the vision of how we should build, test and deploy software
Drive the design of our continuous integration pipelines, testing infrastructure, training and support around our build system
Take ownership of and strive to transform our current environment which relies heavily on Python, Rust, and C++ into a state of the art development experience for research
Provide the necessary tools and metrics to support our fast-paced culture and ensure a stable, scalable platform for growth
Foster 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
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)
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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