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Performance Modeling Lead

About the TeamOpenAI’s Hardware organization develops system and infrastructure solutions designed for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. We work closely with research, software, and external hardware partners to shape the next ge

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco; Seattle

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-20T19:32:59.26+00:00

OpenAI's hardware organization is hiring a Performance Modeling Lead to start and run a 2–3 person team answering architectural questions about AI infrastructure. The work is building a modeling framework and toolchain, quantifying tradeoffs across compute, memory, networking and topology, and turning the results into recommendations for internal teams and hardware vendors. The posting asks for experience owning performance modeling frameworks and deep knowledge of AI training or inference at scale. Hybrid, three days a week in San Francisco, with relocation assistance.