OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and technology company building advanced AI systems with a focus on safety and responsible development. Its products include ChatGPT, which supports everyday and complex professional tasks, and an API platform that enables businesses and developers to integrate AI models into their own applications. Operating across artificial intelligence, SaaS, and enterprise technology, OpenAI combines research, product development, and efforts to improve how AI systems are governed and used.
Cloud Computing Software Engineer
Build cloud infrastructure for OpenAI’s AI browser agents, including secure, reliable environments, sessions, and backend services. Help research and product teams scale computer-use capabilities.
United States
California$255,000 – $445,000 / year
HybridFull-timeMiddleSeniorEnglish RequiredCloud EngineerDescription
- Build and scale cloud infrastructure for agent-operated browsers and computers.
- Create services to provision environments, manage sessions, and coordinate their lifecycles.
- Improve fleet reliability, performance, resource use, and observability.
- Troubleshoot issues involving Linux, containers, networking, and browser execution.
- Develop APIs and tools that help research and product teams use cloud computers.
- Work with research teams to identify emerging needs and advance computer-use capabilities.
- Create authentication, credential management, and network controls to protect user data and enable website and service access.
- Partner with research and engineering to bring new computer-use capabilities into production.
- Contribute across container orchestration, backend services, and product experiences.
Requirements
- Lead large-scale backend, platform, or infrastructure projects from unclear initial problems through production delivery.
- Use one or more backend languages, such as Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or similar languages.
- Work across service, platform, and product boundaries.
- Understand distributed systems, cloud platforms, and production reliability.
- Take ownership of systems from initial design through deployment and scaling.
- Work at a fast pace while maintaining a focus on security and operational excellence.
- Experience with browser automation, remote computing environments, or infrastructure for AI agents is especially relevant.
- Work from the US office three days per week.
Benefits
- Equity.
- Performance-related bonuses for eligible employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts for parking and transit.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
- Paid parental leave of up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Up to eight weeks of paid medical and caregiver leave.
- Flexible paid time off for exempt employees and up to 15 days per year for non-exempt employees.
- At least 13 paid company holidays.
- Several coordinated, paid company office closures throughout the year.
- Paid sick or safe time.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
- Annual learning and development stipend.
- Daily meals at offices.
- Meal delivery credits for eligible employees.
- Relocation support for eligible employees.
- Matching for charitable donations.
- Wellness stipends.
- Immigration and sponsorship support may be available depending on individual circumstances.