OpenAI Engineering Manager, API Multicloud at OpenAI to lead the team building and operating OpenAI’s API across major cloud service providers. Own technical direction, execution, and operational excellence of the API Multicloud platform.
Responsibilities
We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for building and operating OpenAI’s API across major cloud service providers. You’ll lead a team of engineers focused on establishing scalable, reliable, and efficient cloud deployment platforms that bring OpenAI’s frontier models to customers across multiple cloud environments.
You'll work closely with engineering leaders across inference, API, infrastructure, security, and Safety Systems, while building strong technical partnerships with CSP engineering teams. Your team will play a critical role in determining how quickly OpenAI can bring new models to market, how reliably those models operate, and how efficiently we scale our infrastructure across cloud providers.
You'll also be responsible for building and developing a high-performing engineering team, setting clear technical priorities, and fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team responsible for building and operating OpenAI's API infrastructure across multiple cloud providers.
Define the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for API Multicloud, ensuring the platform is scalable, reliable, and efficient.
Drive the architecture and execution of complex distributed systems that support API routing, model serving, and cloud infrastructure across CSP environments.
Partner closely with inference, API, infrastructure, security, and CSP engineering teams to launch new models, expand platform capabilities, and deliver reliable production services.
Own the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of the platform, driving improvements in capacity planning, infrastructure efficiency, and deployment processes.
Recruit and develop exceptional engineering talent, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Set clear priorities, navigate ambiguity, and drive cross-functional execution while balancing near-term business needs with long-term technical investments.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
Experience leading, building, and developing high-performing engineering teams responsible for large-scale cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or platform engineering.
