Software Engineer, Research Developer Productivity

About this role

OpenAI's Fleet team seeks a software engineer to build developer productivity infrastructure supporting research at scale. You'll design CI/CD pipelines, testing systems, and build tooling for Python, Rust, and C++ environments to enable fast, reliable development and deployment across the organization.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain systems for iterative development, testing, and deployment of new research features
• Design and oversee continuous integration pipelines and testing infrastructure
• Develop and improve build systems and developer tooling for large monorepo environments
• Drive the vision and standards for how software is built, tested, and deployed
• Provide tooling and metrics to support fast-paced research culture and platform stability
• Collaborate with research and engineering teams to reduce development friction

What they're looking for

• Python programming in large monorepos
• Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipeline development
• Build system design and ownership
• Large monorepo development experience
• Rust and C++
• Infrastructure and deployment automation
• Testing infrastructure design

Benefits

• Hybrid work model (3 days/week in office)
• San Francisco location
• Relocation assistance provided
• Equal opportunity employer
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities