ChatGPT Performance Engineer is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $347K - $445K. Posted on Apr 15, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
OpenAI is looking for an experienced Performance Engineer to help us scale the performance, reliability, and efficiency of our systems. In this role, you'll apply deep technical expertise to optimize infrastructure and application-level performance across mission-critical products like ChatGPT and our developer API. You’ll work cross-functionally with teams building core services, training models, and developing…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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