OpenAI
Software Engineer, Build Systems / CI
$185K–$490K
San Francisco +2 · Full-time · Posted May 25, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City
Seattle - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building infrastructure or tooling for developers.
About the job
Evolve and operate build and continuous integration systems that help OpenAI engineers build, test, and ship software quickly and reliably.
What you'll do
- Own Bazel-based build and test workflows, including rules, toolchains, and integrations.
- Improve CI performance and reliability through test selection, caching, scheduling, observability, and infrastructure operations.
- Partner with engineering teams to resolve build issues, improve developer workflows, and maintain critical systems, including on-call participation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building infrastructure or developer tooling.
- Hands-on experience with Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle, or similar build systems.
- Experience building or operating CI systems at scale.
- Ability to write production software and debug distributed build and CI failures.
Pay
$185K – $490K USD base salary
Tools
Bazel, Starlark, Buildkite, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Go, Terraform
AI focus
Apply AI to CI failure analysis, flaky test debugging, PR triage, automatic remediation, and developer-facing explanations.
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