Software Engineer, Hardware (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, Hardware (AI): Building and optimizing low-level stacks for AI-native silicon with an accent on systems programming and high-performance computing. Focus on designing APIs, optimizing runtimes, and collaborating with hardware teams.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)

Salary: $310K – $460K + Offers Equity

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Design and build APIs and runtime components for ML workloads.
• Contribute to compiler infrastructure and optimizations.
• Engineer and optimize compute and data kernels.
• Profile and optimize system bottlenecks.
• Develop simulation infrastructure for runtime validation.
• Collaborate with hardware and research teams on supercomputing builds.

Requirements

• Proficient in systems programming (Rust, C++) and Python.
• Experience in compiler development, kernel authoring, or high-performance simulation.
• Strong curiosity for large-scale systems and performance optimization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.