Software Engineer, Compute Foundations Systems is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $230K - $490K. Posted on Jul 21, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are looking for systems software engineers with deep Linux and host-systems experience to build, qualify, and maintain the operating-system foundation for OpenAI's frontier compute fleet. Relevant backgrounds include kernel and module development, Linux distribution or image engineering, package management, firmware and driver integration, disks and boot, and bare-metal provisioning. You'll work closely with…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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