OpenAI
Software Engineer, ChatGPT Infrastructure
$347K–$445K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Apr 21, 2026
About the job
Build and operate shared infrastructure platforms that help teams develop, deploy, and scale ChatGPT reliably and efficiently.
What you'll do
- Build and evolve infrastructure platforms used by many engineers and services.
- Design abstractions, APIs, and contracts with safe defaults.
- Improve reliability and performance, and own work from design through rollout and operational maturity.
What they ask for
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Strong systems design fundamentals, including caching, consistency, queueing/backpressure, and resilient dependency management.
- Ability to analyze performance and turn findings into engineering improvements.
- Track record building platforms or shared infrastructure that improves other teams’ velocity and correctness.
Nice to have
- Experience designing golden paths, frameworks, libraries, or self-serve tooling.
- Experience with reliability techniques or safe iteration systems such as progressive delivery and automated rollout gates.
Pay
USD $347K – $445K base salary
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