Software Engineer, Data AcquisitionActive$293K–$385K

The opportunity

The Data Acquisition team within the Foundations organization at OpenAI is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. Our team manages web crawling and GPTBot services and works closely with Data Processing, Architecture, and Scaling teams.

What you'll do

  • Own and lead engineering projects in the area of data acquisition including: web crawling, data ingestion, and search.

  • Collaborate with other sub-teams, such as Data Processing, Architecture, and: Scaling, to ensure smooth data flow and system operability.

  • Work closely with the legal team to handle any compliance or data privacy-related matters.

  • Develop and deploy highly scalable distributed systems capable of handling petabytes of data.

  • Architect and implement algorithms for data indexing and search capabilities.

  • Build and maintain backend services for data storage, including work with: key-value databases and synchronization.

What they're looking for

  • Deploy solutions in a Kubernetes Infrastructure-as-Code environment and perform routine system checks.
  • Conduct and analyze experiments on data to provide insights into system performance.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
  • + years of industry experience in software development.