Software Engineer, Compute Foundations Systems

OpenAI · San Francisco

OpenAI is hiring a Software Engineer, Compute Foundations Systems in San Francisco. The role focuses on operating systems & kernel, embedded & firmware, databases & storage, graphics, gpu & compute.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain the Linux host software stack for large GPU clusters, including Ubuntu and OS images, kernel configuration and modules, drivers, packages, disks and storage configuration, and machine configuration.
• You'll work closely with hardware engineers, vendors, and infrastructure teams to bring up new platforms, integrate system components, and debug failures across firmware, disks, boot, operating systems, kernels, drivers, and workload interactions.
• Can systematically debug failures that cross hardware, firmware, boot, operating-system, kernel, and driver boundaries, and collaborate effectively with hardware and software partners.

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