Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

41 current maintainers27 active leads7 new active leads120 lead step-downs17 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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.

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About the Role

You will set technical direction and drive execution on high-impact infrastructure security programs, partnering across OpenAI to deliver durable controls. You will own security outcomes for critical infrastructure areas, design controls across layers, lead threat modeling and mentor engineers.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of security principles and common vulnerabilities
  • Track record of leading large cross-org initiatives
  • Deep expertise in cloud platform security (AWS, Azure) and multi-cloud networks
  • Experience securing on-prem deployments and datacenters
  • Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end security outcomes for critical infrastructure areas including strategy, roadmap and delivery
  • Design and build security controls across hardware, firmware, OS, Kubernetes, networks and CI/CD
  • Lead cross-functional programs to deploy security enhancements at scale
  • Lead threat modeling and design reviews for major infrastructure changes
  • Mentor engineers across InfraSec and partner teams

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
  • Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
  • Performance-related bonus