OpenAI · 5 hours ago
Software Engineer, Caching Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$255K/yr - $405K/yr
5+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Caching Infrastructure team is responsible for building a caching layer that powers many critical use cases at OpenAI, and they are seeking an experienced engineer to design and scale this critical infrastructure.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate OpenAI’s multi-tenant caching platform used across inference, identity, quota, and product experiences
Define the long-term vision and roadmap for caching as a core infra capability, balancing performance, durability, and cost
Collaborate with other infra teams (e.g., networking, observability, databases) and product teams to ensure our caching platform meets their needs
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, with a strong focus on caching, load balancing, or storage systems
Deep expertise with Redis, Memcached, or similar solutions, including clustering, durability configurations, client-side connection patterns, and performance tuning
Production experience with Kubernetes, service meshes (e.g., Envoy), and autoscaling systems
Think rigorously about latency, reliability, throughput, and cost in designing platform capabilities
Thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy balancing pragmatic engineering with long-term technical excellence
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
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2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
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CEO, Applications
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CEO & Co-Founder
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