OpenAI
Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer Devices
$268K–$342K
San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
About the job
Define and implement the security architecture for OpenAI’s next-generation operating system, protecting users, devices, and data while enabling safe, private AI features.
What you'll do
- Set platform security architecture, trust boundaries, privilege models, and protections for sensitive data.
- Integrate hardware-backed security and design platform defenses, isolation, access controls, and AI guardrails.
- Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews, prototype solutions, review security-critical code, and advise engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Deep experience designing or securing operating systems, kernels, embedded platforms, hypervisors, or other privileged systems software.
- Complex understanding of operating system internals, including memory protection, process isolation, executable loading, device drivers, and privilege boundaries.
- Experience building security architectures spanning hardware, firmware, operating systems, applications, and cloud services.
Nice to have
- Experience shipping security technologies for consumer operating systems, mobile platforms, or connected devices.
- Experience with kernel hardening, memory-safety mitigations, virtualization-based security, secure enclaves, or security architecture for AI agents.
Pay
$268K – $342K (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Rust
AI focus
Define protections for AI applications and agents, including access to information, sensors, tools, retained context, and actions on a user’s behalf.
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