infrastructure
Posted May 16Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure
at openai
San Francisco, United StatesRemote
$342,000
Requirements
- ABOUT THE TEAM OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads.
- Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models.
- By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform.
- You will be responsible for building the operational processes, technical workflows, tooling, and cross-functional alignment required to deploy and operate custom AI hardware reliably in OpenAI’s supercomputing infrastructure.
- This role requires strong execution, excellent cross-functional judgment, and the ability to drive clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. IN THIS ROLE,
- experience in hardware systems, infrastructure, data center deployment, production operations, systems engineering, silicon bring-up, or related technical domains - Strong technical depth in one or more of: hardware deployment, data center operations, rack-scale systems, silicon bring-up, systems validation, fleet operations, reliability engineering, infrastructure automation, or hardware/software integration -
- Experience working closely with silicon, systems, software, infrastructure, networking, or data center teams -
- Experience with deployment planning, operational readiness, incident response, debugging, and root-cause analysis for production systems -
- Experience building tooling, automation, observability, or operational processes that improve deployment quality and fleet reliability - Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and lead senior technical talent - Ability to move fluidly between people leadership, technical strategy, and hands-on operational problem solving - Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in high-urgency, cross-functional technical environments -
- Experience working in fast-moving environments To comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidates for this role may need to meet certain legal status
Experience
- QUALIFICATIONS - 8+ years of engineering
Benefits
- Compensation Range: $342K - $445K USD About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
Additional details
- ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a Technical Lead to lead deployment and operations for OpenAI’s Silicon & Systems team.
- This person will become the Directly-Responsible Individual responsible for bringing OpenAI’s custom silicon and associated systems into data center environments, ensuring successful deployment, bring-up, validation, operational readiness, and ongoing reliability at scale.
- This role sits at the intersection of silicon, systems, infrastructure, data center operations, and software.
- You will lead a team focused on taking new hardware platforms from lab validation into production data center deployment.
- The ideal candidate is both a strong leader and a deeply technical operator.
- You should be comfortable staying close to the technical details of hardware bring-up, fleet deployment, debugging, system validation, data center integration, and production operations.
- YOU WILL: - Lead a team responsible for deployment and operations of OpenAI’s custom silicon and systems in data center environments - Own the path from hardware bring-up and validation through production deployment, operational readiness, and sustained fleet support - Partner closely with silicon, systems, software, infrastructure, networking, data center, supply chain, and external partner teams to ensure successful deployment at scale - Define deployment processes, operational playbooks, technical
- Experience bringing complex hardware systems from development or validation into production environments -
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