OpenAI
Software Engineer, Model Runtime
San Francisco
OPT Eligible: YESExperience: unclearPosted 15 hours ago · Aug 24, 2026 at 9:34 AM PDT
Degree
Not clearly stated
Salary
266,000-445,000 USD annually
Qualifications
Strong systems programming experience in C++, Rust, Python or comparable performance-oriented languages; experience building or optimizing runtimes, distributed systems, compilers, kernels, or model-serving infrastructure; understanding of modern LLM inference, batching, KV-cache, and model parallelism; ability to reason quantitatively about latency, throughput, and hardware performance; experience profiling and debugging across hardware-software stacks.
Eligibility
Candidates may need to meet certain legal status requirements as provided in U.S. export control laws and regulations.
Key Tech and Skills
Distributed SystemsLLMsC++RustPython