Hybrid Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation

at OpenAI

• Job title: Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $405,000 - $490,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Senior Engineering Manager leading OpenAI’s Kubernetes-based platform and infrastructure automation. Managing teams to ensure reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure operations.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and grow high-performing infrastructure engineering teams.
• Own the evolution of OpenAI’s Kubernetes platform, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, configuration standards, and safety mechanisms.
• Set and enforce platform-level reliability goals (SLIs/SLOs), ensuring reliability is designed into the system.
• Drive infrastructure automation across provisioning, upgrades, remediation, and fleet consistency using Terraform and internal tooling.
• Reduce operational toil and incident frequency through better abstractions, guardrails, and self-healing systems.
• Establish clear ownership boundaries, technical direction, and execution discipline.

Requirements

• Have significant experience managing infrastructure or platform engineering teams.
• Bring deep hands-on understanding of Kubernetes at scale and distributed systems.
• Have operated production infrastructure with strict reliability, latency, and security requirements.
• Can balance technical depth with organizational leadership and long-term strategy.
• Have a strong track record of hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineers.
• Are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and creating clarity for others.

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.