OpenAI
Software Engineer, Fleet Management
$230K–$490K
San Francisco +1 · Full-time · Posted Nov 19, 2025
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City
About the job
Builds software and systems to manage large-scale cloud and bare-metal fleets, integrating hardware and cluster operations to support AI research and products.
What you'll do
- Design and build fleet-management systems and tools that connect hardware metrics with job scheduling and cluster management.
- Use LLMs to coordinate vendor operations and optimize infrastructure workflows.
- Automate infrastructure processes and collaborate across teams to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering skills with experience in large-scale infrastructure environments.
- Broad knowledge of cluster-level systems.
- Deep expertise in server-level systems.
- Ability to optimize the performance and reliability of large compute fleets.
Pay
$230K – $490K USD base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, Chef, Linux kernels
AI focus
Leverage LLMs to coordinate vendor operations and optimize infrastructure workflows; fleet systems support AI research and product deployment.
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