Engineering Manager, Online Data Systems

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Online Data Systems team, responsible for our in-house database and indexing technology. This role is about shepherding a team of world-class engineers tasked with building and operating hyperscale data storage and retrieval technology.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and grow high-performing infrastructure engineering teams; Drive the evolution of OpenAI’s in-house online data technologies, our core, hyper-scale database systems, indexing technologies, and vector search; Anchor delivery around measurable reliability goals (SLOs, etc) to ensure system performance and resiliency is above reproach; Champion pragmatic use of agent technology to amplify execution velocity; Reduce operational toil and incident frequency through better abstractions, guardrails, and self-healing systems

Requirements

Have a truly insatiable spirit for operational excellence, demonstrated by having your hands-on in building and operating infrastructure with strict reliability, latency, and security requirements; Have experience managing data-intensive software engineering teams in intense, demanding environments; Bring deep hands-on understanding of database, indexing, storage, and distributed systems technologies; Effectively modulate your technical engagement to create space for a highly technical team to lead and grow; Have a demonstrable track record of hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineers