OpenAI needs to scale the infrastructure that powers its products and research, supporting millions of users globally by aligning infrastructure measurement, planning, scaling, allocation, and efficiency to drive measurable impact across the company.
Requirements
- Experience defining and operationalizing metrics that reflect system performance, resource usage, or efficiency from the ground up
- A strong foundation in SQL and Python, and a track record of building models and analyses that drive technical and strategic decisions
- Strong programming background, with ability to run simulations and prototype variants
- Experience in NLP, large language models, or generative AI
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain foundational datasets and metrics that reflect infrastructure usage, efficiency, and scaling.
- Develop forecasting and optimization models to support infra planning and resource allocation.
- Partner with engineering, research, and product teams to shape infrastructure strategy through data.
- Drive clarity with source-of-truth dashboards and analyses that guide infra decisions across OpenAI.
Other
- 5+ years of experience in a quantitative role navigating ambiguous environments, ideally in infrastructure, systems, or platform domains at a high-growth company or research org
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with engineers, researchers, and product stakeholders
- A strategic mindset that goes beyond statistical testing to surface actionable insights and long-term tradeoffs
- Proven track record of operating as a data partner in large scale backend systems
- Comfortable navigating fast-paced execution while also anchoring decisions in long-term impact
