OpenAI
Software Engineer, IP Infrastructure
$266K–$405K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
About the job
Builds backend services and reliable pipelines for securely sharing research and engineering artifacts with strategic partners.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain artifact-transfer pipelines and implement validation and sharing logic.
- Improve production reliability through testing, monitoring, diagnostics, and failure handling.
- Integrate infrastructure services and work with internal and external teams to resolve requirements and integration issues.
What they ask for
- Strong Python skills and experience building, testing, and debugging backend software.
- Experience taking a service, pipeline, or automation project into production and helping maintain its reliability.
- Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into practical software and exercise sound judgment around sensitive information.
- Clear communication and collaboration with technical and nontechnical partners.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud services, object storage, containers, or CI/CD.
- Familiarity with Docker, Bazel, or Buildkite.
Pay
USD 266K – USD 405K base salary
Tools
Python, Docker, Bazel, Buildkite
AI focus
Use AI tools where they can make the systems built more effective.
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