Software Engineer, Compute - Storage

About this role

Build and operate storage infrastructure that powers OpenAI's research and production systems. This hands-on role involves designing object storage solutions, managing cross-region data movement, and maintaining a federation layer across multiple backends supporting demanding AI workloads.

What you'll do

• Build and operate storage services for research infrastructure
• Develop object storage systems across cloud and on-premises environments
• Design cross-region data movement, replication, and recovery systems
• Create lifecycle management capabilities for durability and cost optimization
• Evolve federation layer unifying multiple backend systems
• Collaborate with researchers and infrastructure teams on evolving workload needs

What they're looking for

• Distributed systems design and operation
• Storage infrastructure or object store experience
• Rust or systems-oriented programming languages
• Kubernetes
• Production code ownership and debugging
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Observability tools (Grafana)
• Data-intensive backend systems