Capacity Systems Software EngineerActive$347K–$445K

The opportunity

OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is responsible for planning, delivering, operating, and optimizing the compute infrastructure that powers frontier AI.

What you'll do

  • Design and build software systems that serve as the system of record for: Industrial Compute planning and operations.

  • Develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and data platforms that support: capacity forecasting, allocation, deployment readiness, and operational planning.

  • Build applications that connect infrastructure delivery, fleet health,: capacity utilization, product demand, and financial planning into a shared operational view.

  • Build planning and scenario-modeling systems that help leaders understand: tradeoffs across capacity, utilization, cost, reliability, launch timing, and business impact.

  • Create workflow automation and decision-support tooling that improves: planning accuracy and reduces operational overhead.

  • Partner with Capacity Planning, Fleet Operations, Product, Finance,: Infrastructure Engineering, Supply Chain, and Strategic Sourcing teams to understand operational workflows and translate them into software systems.

What they're looking for

  • Drive architecture decisions across planning platforms, operational tooling,: and internal infrastructure systems.
  • Improve data quality, observability, and operational visibility across Industrial Compute programs.
  • Build extensible software foundations that scale alongside OpenAI's rapidly growing infrastructure footprint.
  • + years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering,: infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.