Software Engineer, AI for Chip Design is open at OpenAI in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $266K - $468K. Posted on Sep 8, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We’re hiring a Software Engineer to build the research infrastructure and tooling that help OpenAI models design silicon. You’ll turn chip-design workflows into reliable environments for reinforcement learning and evaluation, and make it easier for researchers to run experiments and iterate on new ideas. You’ll move between software engineering, tool integration, and open research problems. We value strong coding…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
Hiring at OpenAI
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