Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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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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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will set technical direction and drive execution of critical foundational security services such as authentication systems, proxies, access brokers and key management platforms. You will design planet-scale security systems, build security primitives, develop automation and detection tooling using frontier models, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering skills shipping and operating reliable distributed systems
- Experience building critical security infrastructure at planet scale
- Deep understanding of security principles and common vulnerabilities
- Ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives
- Expertise in securing large-scale cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and multi-cloud design
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Own architecture and roadmap for core security services
- Design and implement planet-scale security systems across hardware, OS, Kubernetes, networks and CI/CD
- Lead cross-functional launches with infrastructure and research engineering teams
- Build security primitives such as identity, attestation, authorization and key lifecycle
- Develop automation and detection tooling using frontier models and agents
- Lead design reviews and threat models
- 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
