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San Francisco, California, United States· Full-time
$230K – $490K/yr
● Top 25% pay versus similar roles
LinuxArtificial IntelligenceAI
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Active1mo ago
Software Engineer, Compute Foundations
Pay vs market · Top quarter
This job's pay ($372,500 a year at the midpoint) is higher than about 90% of 354 salary-listed Software Engineer jobs in San Francisco in the last 12 months; their median is $288,350.
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Job description
About the Team Compute Foundations builds the software that manages OpenAI’s GPU compute infrastructure across sites, data centers, and infrastructure providers, supporting model training and inference. Our systems turn large, heterogeneous fleets of machines into dependable compute for research and products. We build Kubernetes-based control planes, controllers, services, and APIs that coordinate the lifecycle of machines and clusters. We connect global infrastructure management with the realities of bare-metal systems, giving clients consistent interfaces across differences in hardware, topology, and provider behavior. About the Role You will build distributed systems that provision, configure, and manage compute throughout its lifecycle. Your work will connect global services and Kubernetes controllers with the systems that bring machines online, update them safely, and recover them w
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- Source: OpenAI's official careers site (via Ashby) · last confirmed on the source 2 Nov 2026
- Posted 16 Sept 2026
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kuberneteslinuxartificial intelligenceai
Department · Scaling
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OpenAI
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FONDER L'INNOVATION (depuis 1984) Partie I [le début n'avait même pas 2 fin.s] : The Book of.f MandaloriÂn.e Studio d'innovation ouvert.e (Open Innovation) issu de la fusion des activités du bureau d'étude (BE) de la marque 2 fabrique OPENAI (Open Ahead Inspiration) créée initialement à Genève (CH)
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