OpenAI is looking to scale its data infrastructure and drive the evolution of its data strategy to power the next generation of products and insights, including its core AI Platform, Codex, Search, and Financial Engineering.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, including significant leadership experience building and scaling high-performing teams.
- Strong technical expertise in one or more programming languages commonly used in data engineering (e.g., Python, Scala, Java).
- Experience building or scaling modern data platforms and pipelines in high-growth, dynamic environments.
- Skilled at partnering across technical and non-technical teams to drive meaningful product and business outcomes.
- Comfortable leading through ambiguity and setting technical strategy in rapidly evolving environments.
- Passionate about building trustworthy, secure, and operationally excellent data systems.
- Experience with data architecture and infrastructure decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and trustworthiness.
Responsibilities
- Build, manage, and grow a diverse, high-performing Data Engineering team.
- Define and deliver the data strategy for major product and business domains.
- Guide data architecture and infrastructure decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and trustworthiness.
- Develop robust, secure, and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
- Champion data quality, governance, and privacy practices that uphold OpenAI’s highest standards.
- Partner closely with teams across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, and Research to understand data needs and deliver impactful solutions.
- Lead a team building the pipelines, models, and systems that underpin analytics, safety, business operations, and product development
Other
- 10+ years of experience, including significant leadership experience building and scaling high-performing teams.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field (not explicitly mentioned but implied).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and lead through ambiguity.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to partner with teams across the company.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and experience working with diverse teams.
