Software Engineer, AI accelerator Runtime
Openai · San Francisco
- Level
- Not stated
- Type
- full-time
- Mode
- On-site / hybrid
- Posted
- 2026-08-24
- Compensation
- $266K – $445K • Offers Equity
- Team
- Scaling, Hardware
Role description
About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role You will build the low-level device runtime that turns compiled programs into efficient, functional and performant execution on OpenAI’s custom AI accelerator.…
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