Software Engineer, Delivery / CD
Core
Design and build continuous deployment infrastructure and systems for progressive delivery (canary releases, staged rollouts, automated rollback) to safely ship code across dozens of Kubernetes clusters and global regions.
Role type
Senior IC DevOps/Platform Engineer (Continuous Delivery)
Builds
Continuous deployment platforms, release pipelines, and rollout safety mechanisms for OpenAI's infrastructure and product code.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, Python, FastAPI, Terraform, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), CI orchestration (Buildkite), observability (metrics/logs/traces), agent-assisted deployment workflows
Preferred skills
Experience building/operating CD platforms at scale, familiarity with AI tooling for deployment automation
Technologies
Kubernetes, Python, FastAPI, Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux, Buildkite
Responsibilities
Design and build continuous deployment infrastructure; Develop systems for progressive delivery; Improve engineering velocity by automating manual workflows; Work with product teams to ensure services are deployable and resilient; Implement GitOps and infrastructure-as-code patterns; Build systems for automated deployment health evaluation and safe rollbacks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
