Software Engineer, Compute - Storage
About the Team The Storage Infrastructure team builds and operates the storage foundation behind OpenAI’s most demanding workloads. We work directly with research to design storage systems for rapidly evolving experiments, while also powering production at scale.
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Software Engineer, Compute - Storage at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About the Team The Storage Infrastructure team builds and operates the storage foundation behind OpenAI’s most demanding workloads. We work directly with research to design storage systems for rapidly evolving experiments, while also powering production at scale.
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- Build and operate storage services that underpin OpenAI’s research infrastructure
- Develop object storage systems across cloud and in-house environments
- Build systems for cross-region data movement, replication, and recovery
- Design lifecycle management capabilities that keep data durable, available, and cost-effective
- Evolve the federation layer that unifies multiple backend systems behind a simple interface
- Improve performance, reliability, and operational excellence across the platform
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