About this role
OpenAI has a vacancy for the role of System Software Engineer, Consumer Devices in San Francisco. This is a full-time position. The listing was posted on Dec 16, 2025. PakkiNaukri collects this listing from the employer's own posting and re-checks it — the employer's full description and the application itself are on the original listing, linked from this page.
From the employer's listing (short excerpt)
Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid: 4 days onsite/week). Relocation assistance available.
About the Team:
We build foundational platform software that enables reliable, secure, and performant products. The team works across system layers and partners closely with adjacent engineering groups to deliver robust capabilities from concept through launch.
About the Role:
We’re seeking a System Software Engineer to design, implement, and debug core platform components and the pipelines that build and update system images. You’ll work across operating system layers, focusing on performance, security, and deep system debugging to ship production‑grade systems.
In this role, you will:
- Design, implement, and debug system‑level components and services across kernel and user space.
- Configure and maintain OS platform services (init, services, networking, security policies) and related tooling.
- Build and operate image and update pipelines, ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and rollback safety.
- Instrument and analyze performance using profiling and tracing; optimize CPU, memory, I/O, and power usage.