Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Automation

This role is based in San Francisco.

Compensation:

$405K – $490K + Offers Equity

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and grow high-performing infrastructure engineering teams.
• Own the evolution of OpenAI’s Kubernetes platform, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, and safety mechanisms.
• Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform and internal tooling.
• Establish clear ownership boundaries and technical direction.

Requirements:

• Significant experience managing infrastructure or platform engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and distributed systems.
• Experience with production infrastructure under strict reliability and security requirements.

Technical Environment:

• Kubernetes across many clusters and regions
• Service mesh (Istio / Envoy)
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Observability via metrics, logging, and tracing