Software Engineer, Private Computing

OpenAI, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design, build, and scale novel privacy features and infrastructure across ChatGPT, the API, and future consumer devices.
• Build core abstractions for trusted execution environments and end-to-end encryption to ensure user data remains private, even from OpenAI.
• Ship product features for private inference and storage while balancing complex trade-offs in security, performance, and usability.
• Update build systems to increase trust and verifiability of software deployments in privacy-critical systems.
• Integrate with safety and integrity infrastructure to align privacy features with broader AI safety goals.
• Operate systems at scale with high reliability, including participation in an on-call rotation for production systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, security, safety, policy, and legal to align privacy initiatives with organizational objectives.
• Work in a hybrid model requiring four days per week in the San Francisco office.
• Apply confidential computing technologies and encryption protocols to protect user data across OpenAI’s product surface.
• Develop and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure systems that handle sensitive user inputs and outputs under strict privacy constraints.
• Contribute to the evolution of infrastructure that supports private data handling for AI models deployed in consumer-facing applications.
• Drive alignment and technical decision-making in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments with high-stakes privacy implications.
• Ensure systems meet rigorous security standards while maintaining performance and usability for end users.
• Participate in the design and implementation of verifiable, auditable systems that uphold user trust in AI-powered privacy features.
• Work with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems to deploy and manage privacy-preserving infrastructure at scale.
• Maintain deep focus on user privacy and security as a core engineering principle across all product layers.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional software engineering
• Experience building and scaling confidential computing or encryption technologies in production environments
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems
• Proven track record of building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively and drive alignment across cross-functional teams
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change in high-stakes technical environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance for new employees
• Hybrid work model with 4 days per week in the San Francisco office
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge privacy infrastructure for global AI products
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams in security, safety, policy, and legal

Skills & Technologies

Kubernetes

Hybrid

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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