# Software Engineer, Compute Foundations 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: $255K to $490K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/40f2f959-20f8-40ca-8b8c-154b6774193a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-software-engineer-compute-foundations/

## About the role

You will build distributed systems that provision, configure, and manage compute throughout its lifecycle. Your work will connect global services and Kubernetes controllers with the systems that bring machines online, update them safely, and recover them when something goes wrong.

Tags: Scaling

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-software-engineer-compute-foundations/