OpenAI Software Engineer to lead design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure cost and efficiency systems at OpenAI. Build platforms for infrastructure spend visibility, utilization improvement, and capacity planning.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a Software Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of systems for infrastructure cost and efficiency. You will build the platforms that explain where infrastructure spend goes, identify opportunities to improve utilization, and help teams plan the capacity they need.
We ideally want direct experience building and operating software for infrastructure economics, such as usage metering, cost attribution, resource efficiency, budgeting, forecasting, or capacity planning. You should have owned systems that connect compute, storage, or network consumption to cost and help teams make measurable efficiency and investment decisions.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. This is an on-site role.
Define the technical direction and roadmap for infrastructure cost and efficiency systems, and lead projects from problem definition through implementation, adoption, and ongoing operation.
Build billing, usage metering, and cost attribution systems that connect infrastructure spend to resources, workloads, services, and the teams that own them.
Develop data pipelines and shared data models that combine cloud billing, resource inventory, and utilization signals into a dependable view of cost and capacity.
Build tools for budgeting, forecasting, and capacity planning that help teams anticipate demand, allocate resources, and inform procurement decisions.
Identify underutilized resources and other sources of waste, then partner with engineering teams to deliver and measure improvements while preserving performance and reliability.
Create APIs, reporting tools, and automated controls that help teams understand their consumption, manage budgets, and make informed infrastructure tradeoffs.
Provide technical leadership across teams, mentor engineers, and own the correctness, scalability, and production behavior of the systems you build.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Have over 7 years of experience designing, building, and operating production software and distributed systems, with technical ownership across multiple teams or a significant infrastructure domain.
Qualification
Experience with usage meteringOwnership of systems connecting compute
Required
Over 7 years experience building and operating software for infrastructure economics
Experience with usage metering, cost attribution, resource efficiency, budgeting, forecasting, or capacity planning
Ownership of systems connecting compute, storage, or network consumption to cost
Ability to turn ambiguous business and engineering problems into reliable software and shared data
