Software Engineer, Security Observability
About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products.
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Software Engineer, Security Observability 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 Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products.
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- Design and develop scalable software systems that facilitate security observability across our infrastructure.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that centralize and store security-relevant data from diverse sources.
- Proactively improve the resilience and reliability of data systems to ensure high platform availability
- Collaborate closely with Detection & Response (D&R) and other security teams to reduce the company’s security risk.
- Contribute to data engineering in support of forensic investigations and compliance efforts.
- Strong software engineering experience, with proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar.
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- Design and develop scalable software systems that facilitate security observability across our infrastructure.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that centralize and store security-relevant data from diverse sources.
- Proactively improve the resilience and reliability of data systems to ensure high platform availability
- Collaborate closely with Detection & Response (D&R) and other security teams to reduce the company’s security risk.
- Contribute to data engineering in support of forensic investigations and compliance efforts.
- Strong software engineering experience, with proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar.
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