Reliability Engineer Iii in San Francisco

About the Team: The OpenAI API team builds the foundation that enables every developer to harness OpenAI’s models safely, reliably, and at scale. We design and operate the systems that power model serving, API access, billing, developer tooling, and enterprise integrations—forming the connective tissue between OpenAI’s research breakthroughs and real-world products. Our mission is to make it effortless for anyone to build with OpenAI technology. We’re responsible for the infrastructure and product layers that allow millions of developers to integrate GPT models, fine-tune behavior, manage data, and deliver transformative experiences to their users. We collaborate across product, research, and engineering teams to ensure that innovation in model capabilities translates directly into value for customers. The API team spans multiple disciplines, including product management, infrastructure engineering, developer experience, and data systems. We care deeply about reliability, scalability, and simplicity—creating tools that let developers focus on their ideas while we handle the complexity of running world-class AI systems. About the Role: We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to define and scale the construction of our data processing, data privacy, billing, and access controls products. You will set strategy and execute on projects like expanding our regional data processing footprint, enabling new inference caching controls in the API or building APIs that make it easier for organizations to manage their spend limits. You will also define the strategy and ship foundational capabilities that ensure customers use OpenAI products securely, privately, and with enterprise-grade controls. This role partners deeply with engineering, security, legal, compliance, finance and leadership to deliver high-trust, enterprise-grade systems. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to n

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity As a Member of Technical Staff on AI Infrastructure, you will build and maintain the foundational systems and distributed infrastructure that power AI model post training, inference, and data pipelines. You will collaborate with engineering and research teams to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of critical AI systems. What You’ll Do Design and implement large-scale, distributed AI infrastructure and services Optimize performance for GPU/xPU accelerators and cloud environments Build tools for observability, reliability, and scaling of AI workloads Partner with cross-functional teams to define AI infrastructure requirements and roadmap Contribute to architectural design and system longevity About You Have experience with GenAI infrastructure systems, distributed systems, cloud computing, and high-performance infrastructure Are proficient in programming languages like Python, Go, or similar Understand scaling challenges specific to AI workloads and accelerators Thrive in fast-paced, collaborative engineering environments The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $256,000.00 to $276,