Capacity Systems Software Engineer
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
Projects
About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build software platforms and services for compute planning, forecasting, optimization, and operations. You will develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and data platforms; automate planning processes; improve data quality and observability; and translate cross-functional operational workflows into scalable internal systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related experience
- Programming experience with Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages
- Experience building distributed systems, backend services, internal platforms, workflow systems, or operational tooling
- Experience designing APIs, data pipelines, and multi-system integrations
- System design and software architecture skills
- Experience with large operational datasets and business-critical workflows
Responsibilities
- Design and build systems of record for compute planning and operations
- Develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and data platforms
- Build applications that connect infrastructure delivery, fleet health, utilization, demand, and financial planning
- Create planning and scenario-modeling systems
- Automate workflows and build decision-support tooling
- Drive architecture decisions for internal planning and operational systems
- Improve data quality, observability, and operational visibility
- Build extensible software foundations
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account employer contributions
- Pre-tax health, dependent-care, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided
