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Systems Software Engineer at OpenAI

Department: Scaling

Compensation

$230,000 – $490,000/yr

Location
San Francisco, California
Level
senior
Posted

Description

OpenAI is hiring a Systems Software Engineer to build, qualify, and maintain the Linux host software stack for large GPU clusters. The role covers Ubuntu and OS images, kernels, modules, drivers, packages, disks, boot configuration, firmware integration, provisioning, and system-level validation across heterogeneous bare-metal and cloud fleets. Responsibilities include bringing up new hardware platforms, debugging cross-layer failures, improving fleet-scale provisioning and recovery, and developing systems tooling and diagnostics.

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