Software Engineer, Foundations Retrieval

• Build and scale retrieval infrastructure across indexing, serving, and query execution. - Develop low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time model interaction. - Partner with research to productionize embedding and retrieval techniques. - Support dense, sparse, and hybrid retrieval pipelines. - Own system performance, reliability, and observability at scale. - Collaborate across Pretraining, Inference, and Product teams to integrate retrieval end-to-end. - Contribute to model - system interfaces for agentic workflows. You Might Thrive in This Role If You Have

• Experience building and scaling distributed systems. - Background in search, retrieval, or indexing systems. - Familiarity with embedding-based or ML-powered systems. - Experience with performance optimization and production reliability. - Ability to work across ML and systems boundaries. - First-principles thinking in ambiguous problem spaces. About OpenAI

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