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OpenAI · 7 hours ago

Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation

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. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead core Cloud Infrastructure teams responsible for OpenAI’s Kubernetes-based platform, focusing on building teams, setting technical direction, and delivering scalable infrastructure primitives.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and grow high-performing infrastructure engineering teams
Own the evolution of OpenAI’s Kubernetes platform, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, configuration standards, and safety mechanisms
Set and enforce platform-level reliability goals (SLIs/SLOs), ensuring reliability is designed into the system
Drive infrastructure automation across provisioning, upgrades, remediation, and fleet consistency using Terraform and internal tooling
Reduce operational toil and incident frequency through better abstractions, guardrails, and self-healing systems
Establish clear ownership boundaries, technical direction, and execution discipline

Qualification

KubernetesInfrastructure automationDistributed systemsTerraformService meshGlobal networkingReliability engineeringTeam leadershipObservability

Required

Significant experience managing infrastructure or platform engineering teams
Deep hands-on understanding of Kubernetes at scale and distributed systems
Operated production infrastructure with strict reliability, latency, and security requirements
Ability to balance technical depth with organizational leadership and long-term strategy
Strong track record of hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineers
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and creating clarity for others

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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Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
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Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder

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