Senior Software Engineer — Distributed Systems
About the team
The Language team at OpenAI is a diverse group of researchers and engineers, all committed to developing AI that can understand and work with language across tasks and domains. As a member of this team, you will be part of an organization that values interdisciplinary respect, intentional transparency, high standards for communication, and continuous learning.
About the role
As a Software Engineer on the Language team at OpenAI, you will play an integral role in advancing the state of the art in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. Your work will involve designing and implementing scalable systems to collect, analyze, and process data at massive scale.
Specifically, your responsibilities as a Software Engineer on the Language team will include:
- Developing software to collect and manage data from a variety of sources
- Designing and implementing scalable systems that can handle massive, internet-scale data volumes
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure that your work aligns with larger research goals
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Benefits and Perks
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
- Mental health and wellness support
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- Unlimited time off and 18+ company holidays per year
- Paid parental leave (20 weeks) and family-planning support
- Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via [email protected].