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Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems - Robotics

About the TeamThe OpenAI Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware an

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-05T22:18:13.968+00:00

OpenAI's Robotics team is hiring a software engineer to own the data platform behind robot model training. The work covers exabyte-scale distributed data processing, data selection, automated labeling, and training data loaders, plus hardening those pipelines alongside researchers. The posting asks for strong distributed-systems experience, solid software engineering fundamentals, attention to detail, and comfort with ambiguity and fast change. It is based in San Francisco with three days a week in the office and relocation assistance; no salary is listed.