openai
Software Engineer, Real Time
Seattlefulltimemid
About this role
OpenAI is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Real-Time Communication to design and scale production systems that power next-generation AI products. You'll work with a team managing massive GPU infrastructure while building real-time communication capabilities for globally deployed systems.
What you'll do
- Design and build development and production platforms for large-scale systems
- Partner with researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver new features
- Improve engineering productivity through tooling and infrastructure development
- Build and operate globally deployed systems with on-call incident response duties
What they're looking for
- Real-time communication systems (audio, video, WebRTC)
- Full-stack development
- Production system design and scaling
- Kubernetes and infrastructure management
- Backend languages (Go, Python)
- Database systems (Postgres, Snowflake)
- End-to-end problem ownership
- Machine learning (preferred but not required)
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