Extensive experience with large-scale production systems, focusing on reliability and operational excellence.
Proven senior/staff-level technical leadership in cybersecurity, managing cross-functional projects.
Strong hands-on software engineering and systems design skills, with the ability to adapt quickly to new contexts.
Ability to collaborate with researchers to translate evolving needs into robust infrastructure.
Experience in communicating about cyber capabilities and risks in high-stakes environments.
Background in security companies or building security infrastructure is advantageous.
Former engineering managers who maintain a hands-on technical approach are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
Drive the technical direction and execution for cyber safeguard infrastructure.
Establish production-quality reliability and observability practices.
Collaborate with security, research, policy, and product teams to create durable platforms.
Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and facilitate alignment among teams.
Build reliable systems that support cyber evaluations and research workflows.
Enhance the scalability and operational safety of cyber safeguards.
Mentor teammates and elevate engineering standards while remaining hands-on.
Benefits
Opportunity to lead impactful projects in cybersecurity.
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Mentorship opportunities to develop leadership skills.
Access to cutting-edge technology and research.
Potential for career growth in a high-stakes field.
Full Job Description
About the Role
We're looking for a very senior, independent Software Engineer to lead the technical work behind cyber safeguard infrastructure in Preparedness. You'll bring production-grade engineering discipline to systems that support everything from cyber evaluations and safeguard research internally to enabling the safe deployment of capabilities externally, while working closely with researchers and security partners. The right person can move comfortably from ambiguous research needs to robust, operable systems-and can drive the work across organizational boundaries with clear communication.
In this role, you'll:
Drive the technical direction and hands-on execution for cyber safeguard infrastructure.
Establish production-quality reliability, observability, on-call, and SLA/SLO practices.
Partner with teams across the company - security, research, policy and product - to translate evolving needs into durable platforms.
Lead cross-functional technical work, create alignment, and unblock collaborators.
Build reliable systems that support cyber evaluations and research workflows.
Improve the scalability, usability, and operational safety of cyber safeguards.
Mentor teammates and raise the engineering bar while remaining deeply hands-on.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
Extensive experience owning large-scale production systems, including reliability, on-call, incident response, SLAs/SLOs, and operational excellence.
Senior/staff-level technical leadership with a track record of driving ambiguous, cross-functional work, especially in cybersecurity.
Strong hands-on software engineering and systems-design skills; you can go deep in the code and architecture, including systems where you are unfamiliar and quickly gain context to make meaningful changes while following existing patterns.
Ability to collaborate closely with researchers and independently turn evolving research needs into robust infrastructure.
Experience thinking and communicating about cyber capability, misuse risk, access patterns, safeguards, and deployment tradeoffs in high-stakes environments.
Experience at a security company, supporting cyber evaluations, or building security/reliability infrastructure is a plus.
Experience moving from strong engineering into research support is a plus; former engineering managers are welcome if they remain deeply technical and hands-on.
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.
