OpenAI

Software Engineer, Security Observability

OpenAI$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Golang
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code and tools like Terraform
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure
  • Experience in building and maintaining data pipelines for security
  • Versatile skill set across databases, SRE, and security domains
  • Strong collaborative skills with security and engineering teams

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable security observability systems
  • Build and maintain data pipelines for security-relevant data
  • Improve resilience and reliability of data systems
  • Collaborate with Detection & Response teams to mitigate security risks
  • Support forensic investigations and compliance through data engineering

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility or relocation assistance available
  • Opportunity to work with cross-functional teams
  • Engagement in high impact and critical security projects
  • Focus on building secure and scalable software solutions
  • Possibility of contributing to significant improvements in security observability
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are seeking a Software Engineer, Security Observability to join our Security team. In this role, you will be responsible for building secure, scalable systems that enhance our security observability infrastructure. Leveraging your strong engineering skills, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, deploy, and maintain robust software solutions that support our security and detection capabilities.

This role is open to remote employees, or relocation assistance is available to one of our OpenAI offices in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.

Due to requirements associated with work this role may support, applicants for this position must be U.S. citizens.

In this role, you will:
  • 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.


You might thrive in this role if you have:
  • Strong software engineering experience, with proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar.
  • A background in infrastructure as code, with experience using tools like Terraform and working with cloud platforms such as Azure.
  • Experience with building and maintaining data pipelines, particularly for security-related use cases.
  • A generalist engineering mindset, with the flexibility to pivot between various technical domains such as databases, site reliability engineering (SRE), or security.
  • The ability to collaborate effectively with security and engineering teams to understand evolving data needs and implement scalable solutions.
  • A proactive and detail-oriented approach to problem-solving, with a focus on improving security data visibility and forensic capabilities.

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.
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Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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