OpenAI

Engineering Manager, Core Services

OpenAI • $150K — $180K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in engineering management, particularly in infrastructure systems.
  • Proven track record in operating mission-critical distributed systems.
  • Strong technical background in building and managing scalable platforms.
  • Experience navigating cross-functional partnerships across engineering and finance teams.
  • Demonstrated ability in coaching and developing engineering talent.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and develop a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers.
  • Lead the operation of critical production platforms with a focus on reliability and scaling.
  • Build and maintain mission-critical distributed systems with operational rigor.
  • Set the technical direction for foundational platforms and core services.
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure seamless service delivery.
  • Mentor and support the growth of engineers and emerging leaders.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance for new employees offered.
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in AI.
  • Collaboration with a mission-driven organization focused on impactful AI applications.
  • Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and representation.
  • Career growth and development opportunities within a thriving company.
Full Job Description
About the Role
We're hiring an Engineering Manager, Core Services to help lead teams responsible for highly reliable, high-scale distributed systems that sit on the critical path for OpenAI products. Your team will own foundational production systems that OpenAI's product engineering teams build on. You'll collaborate closely with product and infrastructure partners to ship reliable services quickly, and help scale systems and teams as OpenAI grows. You'll partner closely with senior engineering leaders to scale the org, mature operations, and drive major platform initiatives. This role requires strong technical ability.

You'll be responsible for:
  • Managing and growing a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers.
  • Leading teams building and operating large, critical production platforms, including cluster reliability, scaling, and rollout safety.
  • Building and operating mission-critical distributed systems with strong operational rigor (SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, reliability).
  • Setting technical direction for platform foundations such as workflow/orchestration capabilities, large-scale file/blob/storage services, and core service foundations.
  • Partnering with a broad set of stakeholders, including product engineering, adjacent infrastructure teams, and (where relevant) finance/cost partners.
  • Coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers and emerging leaders.

You might thrive in this role if you:
  • Have significant experience leading teams that run mission-critical infrastructure in production.
  • Have experience operating mission-critical services or core distributed systems building blocks.
  • Have built platform-like systems (e.g., orchestration/workflow execution, service platforms) and/or large-scale storage/blob/file infrastructure.
  • Have experience building systems spanning multiple cloud environments.
  • Take pride in building scalable, reliable systems and improving operational health.
  • Own problems end-to-end and can move fast in environments with ambiguity and competing priorities.

Workplace & Location
  • This role is based in our San Francisco HQ. We offer relocation assistance for new employees.


About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2015
* Ladders Estimates

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