About the job
About the Team
Join the dynamic Online Storage team at OpenAI, where we empower products like ChatGPT, Sora, and our APIs with cutting-edge database and online storage solutions. Our rapidly expanding team is dedicated to building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports all our innovative offerings.
About the Role
As OpenAI continues to grow, we are on the lookout for talented and experienced engineers who excel at tackling complex challenges to construct high-performance, scalable database systems. Your contributions will be crucial in allowing us to enhance our products swiftly while ensuring they are reliable and fast.
In this collaborative and high-energy environment, you will be responsible for creating systems that cater to millions of users around the globe, prioritizing safety and performance.
We invite ambitious software engineers to become part of our Online Storage team, where you will design and develop large-scale databases, collaborate with multiple product teams to adapt the infrastructure to their needs, and ensure operational excellence by establishing SLAs and KPIs that meet stakeholder requirements. This role is perfect for engineers who are passionate about solving intricate, large-scale problems and building resilient, high-performing systems.
In this role, you will:
Craft highly scalable, reliable, and efficient database solutions
Design user-friendly APIs that seamlessly interact with the underlying database
Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues to optimize system efficiency
Diagnose, instrument, and resolve system challenges, from identifying root causes to implementing long-term fixes
Define the technical roadmap and lead the development of resilient infrastructure that supports high-scale production systems and adapts to business growth
Engage closely with product teams to thoroughly understand requirements and deliver impactful solutions
Enhance engineering productivity by developing intuitive tools and systems for fellow developers
Ensure the reliability of the systems you develop, which includes participating in an on-call rotation for critical incident response
You might excel in this role if you:
Have a proven track record of designing and optimizing production systems to support evolving product capabilities and scaling demands
Possess strong problem-solving skills and a passion for building robust systems
Are adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions

