5+ years of experience in professional software engineering
Experience with confidential computing or encryption technologies in production
Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems
Passion for user privacy and security
Ability to navigate ambiguity and rapid changes
Strong collaboration skills to drive alignment in complex scenarios
Responsibilities
Design and scale privacy features for ChatGPT and API
Build core abstractions for trusted execution environments
Develop private inference and storage solutions
Enhance build systems for trust and verifiability
Integrate safety and integrity infrastructure
Manage high-reliability systems with on-call responsibilities
Collaborate across cross-functional teams including product and legal
Benefits
Hybrid work model with 4 days in the office
Relocation assistance for new employees
Full Job Description
About the Role We're looking for software engineers to design, build, and scale novel privacy features and infrastructure across ChatGPT, API, and future consumer devices.
In this role, you will:
Ship fast while balancing difficult trade-offs in complex domains
Build core abstractions for trusted execution environments and end-to-end-encryption
Build product features for private inference and storage across ChatGPT, API, and future consumer devices
Update build systems to increase trust and verifiability
Integrate with safety and integrity infrastructure
Operate systems at scale with high reliability, including an on-call rotation
Collaborate with a diverse set of cross-functional teams across product, engineering, security, safety, policy, and legal
You might thrive in this role if you:
Care deeply about user privacy and security
Have 5+ years of experience in professional software engineering
Have experience building and scaling confidential computing or encryption technologies in production environments
Have experience with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems
Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
Can collaborate well and drive alignment in the face of difficult trade-offs
Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
Workplace & Location
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We follow a hybrid model with 4 days a week in the office and offer relocation assistance to 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.
