PRF·0053

Training Performance Engineer

OpenAI · San Francisco

Compilers & RuntimesDatabases & Query EnginesKernel & DriversPerformance & ObservabilityStorage & FilesystemsVirtualization & ContainersRustC++

Summary

OpenAI is hiring a Training Performance Engineer in San Francisco. The role focuses on operating systems & kernel, compilers & runtimes, databases & storage, virtualization & containers, graphics, gpu & compute, low-latency & performance.

Responsibilities as stated

  • This role blends deep systems understanding with practical performance engineering — analyzing GPU kernel performance, collective communication throughput, investigating I/O bottlenecks, and sharding our models so we can train them at massive scale.
  • Collaborate with runtime and systems engineers to improve kernel efficiency, scheduling, and collective communication performance.
  • Training Runtime designs the core distributed machine-learning training runtime that powers everything from early research experiments to frontier-scale model runs.

Location, employment, and compensation

  • Location. San Francisco — hybrid
  • Employment. unknown
  • Compensation. Not stated on the source. NearMetal does not estimate compensation.
  • How to apply. On the company’s own posting. NearMetal does not accept applications.

Why this is filed as systems software

  • This role blends deep systems understanding with practical performance engineering — analyzing GPU kernel performance, collective communication throughput, investigating I/O bottlenecks, and sharding our models so we can train them at massive scale.
  • Collaborate with runtime and systems engineers to improve kernel efficiency, scheduling, and collective communication performance.
  • Training Runtime designs the core distributed machine-learning training runtime that powers everything from early research experiments to frontier-scale model runs.

Source and corrections

This summary was written from the company’s own posting. NearMetal does not reproduce the full description and does not accept applications.

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