OpenAI
Capacity Systems Software Engineer
$347K–$445K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted May 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.
About the job
Build software platforms and services that unify compute capacity planning, forecasting, allocation, operational workflows, and business decision-making.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and data platforms for capacity planning and operations.
- Build systems for scenario modeling, forecasting, allocation, and decision support.
- Partner across infrastructure, operations, product, finance, and supply chain teams to replace manual workflows with scalable software.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.
- Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages.
- Experience building distributed systems, backend services, internal platforms, workflow systems, or operational tooling.
- Experience designing APIs, data pipelines, and integrations across multiple systems.
Nice to have
- Experience building planning, forecasting, optimization, or decision-support systems.
- Experience with SQL, data warehouses, orchestration frameworks, analytics platforms, or distributed data systems.
Pay
$347K – $445K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, SQL
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