Software Engineer, Online Storage
Software Engineer, Online Storage
OpenAI
The Online Storage team at OpenAI is seeking experienced software engineers to design and build scalable database systems that support products like ChatGPT and Sora. The role emphasizes collaboration, operational excellence, and the ability to solve complex challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Qualification
- 4+ years of industry experience
- 2+ years leading large-scale, complex production systems
- Experience with distributed systems such as data storage, caching, and search
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in ambiguous environments
- Experience building internal tools to improve workflows
- Focus on reliability, scalability, and performance of systems
- Collaborative mindset and commitment to supporting teammates
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges
Responsibility
- Design and build highly scalable, reliable, and performant databases
- Create simple and intuitive APIs for the underlying database
- Analyze and resolve performance and scalability bottlenecks
- Debug, instrument, and fix system issues
- Define technical strategy for robust infrastructure supporting high-scale systems
- Collaborate with product teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Build tools and systems to boost engineering productivity
- Participate in on-call rotation to ensure system reliability
