# 3P Systems Architect at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $342K to $555K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/e2afdede-a222-4825-b2fc-fec439a7c893
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-3p-systems-architect/

## About the role

We are seeking a 3P Architect to define and drive rack- and cluster-level reference designs in collaboration with external partners. This role is responsible for translating workload requirements and system-level goals into concrete architectures, aligning partners on critical design attributes, and ensuring vendor roadmaps meet our infrastructure needs.

## What they're looking for

- Have strong experience in system architecture for large-scale infrastructure or data center environments
- Understand AI workload characteristics and how they map to system-level design decisions
- Are comfortable working with performance modeling outputs to inform architectural direction
- Have experience working with or managing hardware vendors (ODM/JDM, silicon, networking)
- Can drive alignment across multiple stakeholders with competing constraints
- Have a track record of turning ambiguous requirements into clear, executable system designs

Tags: Scaling