# Operating Systems Engineer, On-Device Inference | Consumer Devices 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: On-site
- Pay: $230K to $385K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/4a9774e2-6505-4cc2-92eb-22a8450aacdc
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-operating-systems-engineer-on-device-inference-consumer-devices/

## About the role

As an Operating Systems Engineer focused on on-device inference, you will design, develop, and ship the OS stack that makes advanced AI capabilities reliable, responsive, and energy efficient on consumer devices.

## What they're looking for

- Substantial hands-on experience designing, developing, and debugging operating system components, system services, or performance-critical platform software
- Proficiency in C++ for systems development, including concurrent programming, memory ownership, and resource lifetime management
- Hands-on experience integrating or optimizing inference runtimes or machine learning workloads in resource-constrained environments
- Strong understanding of scheduling, memory management, and how workloads compete for shared system resources
- Experience diagnosing complex system behavior and delivering performance or power improvements supported by repeatable measurements
- Ability to work across disciplines, translate research and product needs into system requirements, and explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly

Tags: Consumer Devices