Software Engineer, Private Computing

OpenAI

Software Engineer designing, building, and scaling privacy features and infrastructure for OpenAI's products. Collaborating across various teams to ensure user data security and privacy.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $230,000 - $385,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ship fast while balancing difficult trade-offs in complex domains
Build core abstractions for trusted execution environments and end-to-end-encryption
Build product features for private inference and storage across ChatGPT, API, and future consumer devices
Update build systems to increase trust and verifiability
Integrate with safety and integrity infrastructure
Operate systems at scale with high reliability, including an on-call rotation
Collaborate with a diverse set of cross-functional teams across product, engineering, security, safety, policy, and legal

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in professional software engineering
Experience building and scaling confidential computing or encryption technologies in production environments
Experience with Kubernetes and cloud orchestration systems
Care deeply about user privacy and security
Take pride in building and operating scalable, reliable, secure systems
Can collaborate well and drive alignment in the face of difficult trade-offs
Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringconfidential computingencryption technologiesKubernetescloud orchestrationscalable systemsreliable systemssecure systemstrusted execution environmentsend-to-end encryption

Soft Skills

collaborationalignmentuser privacysecurity awarenessadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkdecision-makinghandling ambiguity