Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed Data Systems Job at OpenAI in Los Angeles
OpenAI, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed Data Systems The Sora team is pioneering multimodal capabilities for OpenAI’s foundation models. We’re a hybrid research and product team focused on integrating multimodal functionalities into our AI products, ensuring they are reliable, user-friendly, and aligned with our mission of broad societal benefit.
About the Role
As a Research Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you will design and scale the infrastructure that powers large-scale multimodal training and evaluation at OpenAI. You’ll manage distributed data pipelines, collaborate closely with researchers to translate requirements into robust systems, and harden pipelines that serve as the backbone for Sora’s rapid iteration cycles.
We’re looking for engineers who are detail-oriented, have strong experience with distributed systems, and excel at building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient.
Partner with researchers to deeply understand requirements and translate them into production-ready systems.
Harden, optimize, and maintain critical data infrastructure systems that power multimodal training and evaluation.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Have strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure with a strong interest in data.
Are detail-oriented and bring rigor to building and maintaining reliable systems.
Demonstrate excellent software engineering fundamentals and organizational skills.
Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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In Summary: The Sora team is pioneering multimodal capabilities for OpenAI’s foundation models . We’re looking for engineers who are detail-oriented, have strong experience with distributed systems, and excel at building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments .
En Español: Ingeniero de aprendizaje automático, sistemas de datos distribuidos El equipo Sora es pionero en capacidades multimodal para los modelos fundacionales de OpenAI. Somos un equipo híbrido de investigación y producto enfocado a integrar funcionalidades multimodals en nuestros productos de IA, asegurándonos de que sean confiables, fáciles de usar y alineados con nuestra misión de amplio beneficio social. Utilizamos un modelo de trabajo híbrido de 3 días por semana en la oficina y ofrecemos asistencia para la reubicación a los nuevos empleados. En este papel, usted: Diseñar, construir y mantener sistemas de infraestructura de datos como computación distribuida, orquestación de datos, almacenamiento distribuido, infraestructuras de transmisión, infraestructura del aprendizaje automático al tiempo que garantiza escalabilidad, fiabilidad y seguridad. Asegurarse de que nuestra plataforma de datos pueda escalar por órdenes de magnitud mientras se mantiene confiable y eficiente. La IA es una herramienta extremadamente poderosa que debe ser creada con seguridad y necesidades humanas en su núcleo, y para lograr nuestra misión, debemos abarcar y valorar las muchas perspectivas, voces y experiencias diferentes que forman todo el espectro de la humanidad. Somos un empleador de igualdad de oportunidades, y no discriminamos sobre la base de raza, religión, color, origen nacional, sexo, orientación sexual, edad, estatus veterano, discapacidad, información genética u otra característica legalmente protegida aplicable. Las comprobaciones de antecedentes para los solicitantes se administrarán de acuerdo a la ley vigente, y los candidatos calificados con arresto o condena serán considerados para obtener empleo compatible con esas leyes, incluida la Ordenanza de Propiedad Justa del Condado de San Francisco, la Ordenación Justo de Los Ángeles para Empleadores, y la Ley Justa de California, por lo cual creemos que los registros penales basados en el retiro de datos sin garantía contienen: podemos tener como resultado una pérdida directa de acceso al trabajo de los trabajadores informáticos (incluyendo la concesión de información confidencial y la posesión de hardware) y mantenerse en contacto directo con los siguientes deberes: Además, las tareas laborales requieren acceso a sistemas de tecnología de la información seguros y protegidos y obligaciones relacionadas con la seguridad de datos. Para notificar OpenAI que cree que esta publicación de trabajo no es conforme, envíe un informe a través de este formulario. No se proporcionará respuesta a consultas no relacionadas con el cumplimiento de publicación de empleo. Nos comprometemos a proporcionar acomodamientos razonables a los solicitantes con discapacidad, y las solicitudes pueden hacerse a través del enlace. En OpenAI creemos que la inteligencia artificial tiene el potencial para ayudar a las personas a resolver inmensos desafíos globales, y queremos que la ventaja de la IA sea ampliamente compartida. Únete a nosotros para dar forma al futuro de la tecnología. #J-18808-Ljbffr
About the Role
As a Research Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you will design and scale the infrastructure that powers large-scale multimodal training and evaluation at OpenAI. You’ll manage distributed data pipelines, collaborate closely with researchers to translate requirements into robust systems, and harden pipelines that serve as the backbone for Sora’s rapid iteration cycles.
We’re looking for engineers who are detail-oriented, have strong experience with distributed systems, and excel at building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient.
Partner with researchers to deeply understand requirements and translate them into production-ready systems.
Harden, optimize, and maintain critical data infrastructure systems that power multimodal training and evaluation.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Have strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure with a strong interest in data.
Are detail-oriented and bring rigor to building and maintaining reliable systems.
Demonstrate excellent software engineering fundamentals and organizational skills.
Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
In Summary: The Sora team is pioneering multimodal capabilities for OpenAI’s foundation models . We’re looking for engineers who are detail-oriented, have strong experience with distributed systems, and excel at building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments .
En Español: Ingeniero de aprendizaje automático, sistemas de datos distribuidos El equipo Sora es pionero en capacidades multimodal para los modelos fundacionales de OpenAI. Somos un equipo híbrido de investigación y producto enfocado a integrar funcionalidades multimodals en nuestros productos de IA, asegurándonos de que sean confiables, fáciles de usar y alineados con nuestra misión de amplio beneficio social. Utilizamos un modelo de trabajo híbrido de 3 días por semana en la oficina y ofrecemos asistencia para la reubicación a los nuevos empleados. En este papel, usted: Diseñar, construir y mantener sistemas de infraestructura de datos como computación distribuida, orquestación de datos, almacenamiento distribuido, infraestructuras de transmisión, infraestructura del aprendizaje automático al tiempo que garantiza escalabilidad, fiabilidad y seguridad. Asegurarse de que nuestra plataforma de datos pueda escalar por órdenes de magnitud mientras se mantiene confiable y eficiente. La IA es una herramienta extremadamente poderosa que debe ser creada con seguridad y necesidades humanas en su núcleo, y para lograr nuestra misión, debemos abarcar y valorar las muchas perspectivas, voces y experiencias diferentes que forman todo el espectro de la humanidad. Somos un empleador de igualdad de oportunidades, y no discriminamos sobre la base de raza, religión, color, origen nacional, sexo, orientación sexual, edad, estatus veterano, discapacidad, información genética u otra característica legalmente protegida aplicable. Las comprobaciones de antecedentes para los solicitantes se administrarán de acuerdo a la ley vigente, y los candidatos calificados con arresto o condena serán considerados para obtener empleo compatible con esas leyes, incluida la Ordenanza de Propiedad Justa del Condado de San Francisco, la Ordenación Justo de Los Ángeles para Empleadores, y la Ley Justa de California, por lo cual creemos que los registros penales basados en el retiro de datos sin garantía contienen: podemos tener como resultado una pérdida directa de acceso al trabajo de los trabajadores informáticos (incluyendo la concesión de información confidencial y la posesión de hardware) y mantenerse en contacto directo con los siguientes deberes: Además, las tareas laborales requieren acceso a sistemas de tecnología de la información seguros y protegidos y obligaciones relacionadas con la seguridad de datos. Para notificar OpenAI que cree que esta publicación de trabajo no es conforme, envíe un informe a través de este formulario. No se proporcionará respuesta a consultas no relacionadas con el cumplimiento de publicación de empleo. Nos comprometemos a proporcionar acomodamientos razonables a los solicitantes con discapacidad, y las solicitudes pueden hacerse a través del enlace. En OpenAI creemos que la inteligencia artificial tiene el potencial para ayudar a las personas a resolver inmensos desafíos globales, y queremos que la ventaja de la IA sea ampliamente compartida. Únete a nosotros para dar forma al futuro de la tecnología. #J-18808-Ljbffr