System Software Engineer, Consumer Devices

OpenAI · Consumer Devices

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Metro: San Francisco Bay Area
Workplace: Hybrid
Level: Unspecified
Type: Full-time
Pay: $347K–$385K/yr (published by employer)
Posted: 10 months ago
Source: Ashby

What the posting covers

About the Team

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid: 4 days onsite/week). Relocation assistance available. About the Team: We build foundational platform software that enables reliable, secure, and performant products. The team works across system layers and partners closely…

About the Role

We’re seeking a System Software Engineer to design, implement, and debug core platform components and the pipelines that build and update system images. You’ll work across operating system layers, focusing on performance, security, and deep system debugging…

In this role, you will

Design, implement, and debug system‑level components and services across kernel and user space. Configure and maintain OS platform services (init, services, networking, security policies) and related tooling. Build and operate image and update pipelines,…

You might thrive in this role if you

Have shipped production systems software on modern operating systems. Are proficient in C/C++ and a scripting language, and comfortable with OS internals (concurrency, memory management, filesystems, networking, power management). Bring strong systems…

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to platform security (secure boot, sandboxing, mandatory access controls, attestation). Experience with graphics/media, hardware acceleration, or high‑throughput data paths. Familiarity with connectivity stacks and network configuration.…

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our…

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