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Canvas Worldwide
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Software Acceleration Engineer, Consumer Products
OpenAI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $325,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudLinuxPostgresPythonRustTerraform
About the role
- Design, develop, and maintain systems that speed up development workflows, reduce manual effort, and raise product quality across embedded, application, and cloud layers.
- Work directly with hardware and software teams to map pain points, capture requirements, and build tools that solve real-world bottlenecks.
- Collaborate with the broader Engineering Acceleration team to adopt and evolve their internal systems for the unique needs of consumer hardware and software.
- Drive consistent code structure, dependency management, and hygiene across heterogeneous stacks and third-party vendor integrations.
- Architect and scale performant build systems from on-device embedded software to cloud infrastructure, ensuring reproducibility and rapid iteration.
Requirements
- Have deep experience designing and building scalable software systems.
- Are proficient in Python, C, C++, or Rust, with solid Linux fundamentals (build systems, networking, process management).
- Have a strong desire to architect systems that accelerate engineering velocity while simultaneously improving product quality.
- Empathize with the frustrations and processes that slow engineering teams down, informed by hands-on experience.
- *(Nice to have)* Are familiar with Git, Bazel, Terraform, Buildkite, Postgres, Cosmos DB, FastAPI, or similar tooling.
- *(Nice to have)* Have a voracious and intrinsic desire to learn new skills and share knowledge clearly and concisely.
- *(Nice to have)* Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions, seeing change as an opportunity to add structure and order when needed.
- *(Nice to have)* Have experience maintaining a quality bar and engineering velocity for products shipped at large scale.
- *(Nice to have)* Have built and developed engineering systems at an early stage from zero to one.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonCC++RustLinuxbuild systemsnetworkingprocess managementscalable software systemsengineering systems
Soft skills
empathycommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationdesire to learnknowledge sharingability to handle ambiguitystructuring processesimproving product quality
