Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Infrastructure Security

About Our TeamThe Frontier Systems team at OpenAI is at the forefront of technological innovation, responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining state-of-the-art supercomputers that power our most advanced model training initiatives. We transform innovative data center designs into fully functional systems and develop the necessary software to support extensive frontier model training.Our mission is to ensure the stability and efficiency of these hyperscale supercomputers, providing an uninterrupted environment for the training of frontier models.About the OpportunityWe are seeking passionate engineers to manage the next generation of compute clusters that fuel OpenAI’s leading-edge research. This role merges distributed systems engineering with practical infrastructure expertise across our expansive data centers. You will be tasked with scaling Kubernetes clusters to unprecedented levels, automating bare-metal deployments, and creating software solutions that simplify interactions across a multitude of nodes in various data centers.You will operate at the confluence of hardware and software, where speed and reliability are of utmost importance. Prepare to oversee dynamic operations, swiftly diagnose and resolve critical issues, and continuously enhance automation and system uptime.Key Responsibilities:Deploy and scale substantial Kubernetes clusters, implementing automation for provisioning, bootstrapping, and lifecycle management.Create software abstractions that integrate multiple clusters, delivering a seamless interface for training workloads.Oversee node deployment from bare metal to firmware upgrades, ensuring swift and repeatable processes at scale.Enhance operational metrics, striving to minimize cluster restart times (e.g., reducing from hours to minutes) and expedite firmware or OS upgrades.Integrate networking and hardware health systems to ensure comprehensive reliability across servers, switches, and data center infrastructure.Develop monitoring and observability systems that proactively identify issues and maintain cluster stability under peak loads.Be prepared to perform at the level of a software engineer in execution and problem-solving.You May Be a Great Fit If You:Possess extensive experience in operating or scaling Kubernetes clusters or similar container orchestration systems.

Site Reliability Engineer - AI InfrastructureLocation: Global Remote / San Francisco · Full-TimeAbout AndromedaAndromeda Cluster, established by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, aims to democratize access to advanced AI infrastructure for early-stage startups, previously exclusive to hyperscalers. Our journey began with a single managed cluster that quickly reached capacity, propelling us to develop robust systems, networking, and orchestration layers to make AI infrastructure more accessible than ever.Today, we collaborate with top AI laboratories, data centers, and cloud service providers to deliver compute resources precisely when and where they're needed the most. Our platform efficiently manages the routing of training and inference jobs across a global supply chain, facilitating flexibility and efficiency in one of the most rapidly expanding markets worldwide.Our vision is to create a liquidity layer for global AI compute — a marketplace that dynamically moves the infrastructure and workloads essential for AGI, akin to the capital flows in global financial markets.We are on the lookout for talented individuals who excel in AI infrastructure, research, and engineering to join our pioneering team.Your ResponsibilitiesProvision, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters for clients across various service providers.Develop automation tools to enhance the deployment and integration of clusters.Troubleshoot customer issues related to networking, storage, scheduling, and system layers.Enhance the reliability and scalability of training and inference infrastructures.Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions for critical systems.Work collaboratively with engineering and product teams to strategize and deliver infrastructure for new services.Engage in on-call duties and incident response, leading postmortems and reliability enhancements.Ideal Candidate ProfileA minimum of 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.Solid foundation in Linux systems and networking principles.Extensive expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale.Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies (Terraform, Helm, etc.).

Join Andromeda as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer specializing in AI Infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cutting-edge AI systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust infrastructure solutions that support our innovative AI initiatives. Your expertise will play a crucial role in maintaining optimal service availability and improving system performance.

Zyphra is a cutting-edge artificial intelligence firm located in the heart of San Francisco, California.The Opportunity:As a Product Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Site Reliability, your primary focus will be on architecting and sustaining the frameworks that ensure Zyphra's infrastructure remains strong, observable, secure, and scalable. Your contributions will be pivotal in guaranteeing the dependability and reproducibility of machine learning workloads, managing deployment safety, and ensuring the long-term viability of our computational environments.Your Responsibilities:Enhancing and developing observability systems (monitoring, logging, alerting)Creating resilient build and deployment systems across both research and production settingsEstablishing secure release protocols with comprehensive audit trails and rollback capabilitiesCollaborating closely with ML engineers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to optimize system reliability and performanceLeading incident response efforts, conducting root-cause analysis, and facilitating postmortems with a strong emphasis on learning and preventionThis position is perfect for individuals who are passionate about creating systems that empower other teams to be faster, safer, and more efficient.Qualifications:Proven experience in high-performance computing environments, such as machine learning clusters or GPU farmsStrong background in infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)Familiarity with software release engineering tailored for ML/AI systems is advantageousExperience in designing reliable environments for experimental workloads and reproducible executionsUnderstanding of compliance and auditing standards related to deployment and system securityExperience with load testing, fault injection, and chaos engineering to strengthen systems under pressureA passion for developing tools that render infrastructure seamless and reliable for end usersPreferred Qualifications:Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)Previous experience supporting ML/AI infrastructure, including GPU management and workload optimizationExposure to backend development for ML model serving (e.g., vLLM, Ray, SGLang)

The Scaling team at OpenAI builds and maintains the core infrastructure that supports research efforts. This group focuses on enabling rapid progress toward Artificial General Intelligence by providing the systems and tools researchers rely on every day. Their work covers everything from foundational infrastructure to specialized applications, all designed to handle increasing complexity and scale without sacrificing reliability or ease of use. Role overview OpenAI is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to manage and improve the infrastructure behind its analytics platform. This position centers on supporting production systems that handle data-intensive, low-latency workloads. Key technologies include large-scale ClickHouse clusters, high-throughput Kafka pipelines, and stable integrations with Snowflake. The engineer in this role will turn ambiguous operational challenges into concrete solutions, deliver improvements quickly, and iterate based on real-world feedback. Success in this role means independently setting and raising operational standards, working closely with production systems, and collaborating across teams to ensure reliability at scale. Key responsibilities Manage the full lifecycle of infrastructure: provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Operate and scale ClickHouse clusters, including sharding, replication, capacity planning, tuning, and maintenance. Run Kafka as the primary data ingestion layer, improving throughput, managing lag and backpressure, and ensuring robust failure recovery. Improve latency and reliability for workloads involving heavy data serving and querying. Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems, including SLIs/SLOs, dashboards, alert policies, and actionable runbooks. Create and refine incident response protocols, on-call procedures, and postmortem practices. Oversee backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies, including regular drills. Plan and execute safe rollouts across development, staging, and production environments, using canary deployments and rollback plans. Work daily with software engineers to embed reliability into system design, implementation, and release cycles. Set and promote standards for operational readiness and runbooks, encouraging adoption across teams. Enhance CI/CD pipelines and improve the developer experience for greater speed and safety.

About Our TeamThe Frontier Systems team at OpenAI is at the forefront of technology, responsible for creating, deploying, and maintaining some of the world's largest supercomputers. These supercomputers are pivotal for training our most advanced AI models, pushing the boundaries of innovation.We transform sophisticated data center designs into operational systems and develop the software infrastructure necessary for extensive frontier model training. Our goal is to ensure these hyperscale supercomputers operate reliably and efficiently, supporting groundbreaking AI research.About the RoleAs a key member of the Frontier Systems team, you will be instrumental in designing the critical infrastructure that ensures our supercomputers function seamlessly for pioneering AI research. In this role, you'll address system-level challenges and implement automation solutions that minimize disruptions during large-scale training processes.Your responsibilities will encompass end-to-end ownership of your projects, allowing you to make significant contributions to our mission. This position is ideal for individuals who excel in diagnosing complex system issues and crafting automation strategies to proactively resolve problems across a vast network of machines.Your Responsibilities Include:Enhancing system health checks to maintain the stability of our hyperscale supercomputers during model training.Conducting in-depth investigations into hardware failures and system-level bugs to uncover root causes.Developing automation tools that monitor and resolve issues across thousands of systems, enabling uninterrupted research progress.You May Be a Great Fit If You Possess:7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering.Strong proficiency in Python and shell scripting.Expertise in analyzing complex data sets using SQL, PromQL, Pandas, or other relevant tools.Experience in creating reproducible analyses.A solid balance of skills in both building and operationalizing systems.Prior experience with hardware is not a prerequisite for this role.Preferred Qualifications:Familiarity with the intricacies of hardware components, protocols, and Linux tools (e.g., PCIe, Infiniband, networking, power management, kernel performance tuning).Experience with system optimization and performance tuning.

Join our dynamic team at fal as a Senior/Staff Site Reliability Engineer. In this key role, you will leverage your expertise to enhance our systems' reliability and performance. If you are passionate about building scalable systems and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!

ABOUT BASETENBaseten is at the forefront of powering mission-critical AI inference for some of the most innovative companies globally, including Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. We integrate cutting-edge applied AI research with a flexible infrastructure and intuitive developer tools to empower companies at the leading edge of AI to deploy sophisticated models effectively. With our recent $300M Series E funding round—supported by prominent investors such as BOND, IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction—we are rapidly expanding. Join our dynamic team and contribute to creating an essential platform for engineers to launch AI products with ease.THE ROLEAs a Site Reliability Engineer, you will design and implement resilient systems and processes that ensure our infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and efficient. Your responsibilities will encompass everything from automating deployments and monitoring systems to enhancing performance and managing incidents effectively.Collaboration is key; you will work closely with our users to understand their challenges in operationalizing machine learning, facilitating their onboarding onto our platform, and leveraging these insights to inform improvements to Baseten.EXAMPLE INITIATIVESAs part of our Infrastructure team, you will engage in exciting projects such as:Innovative multi-cloud capacity managementOptimizing inference on B200 GPUsImplementing multi-node inferenceUtilizing fractional H100 GPUs for efficient model servingRESPONSIBILITIESDesign and maintain scalable infrastructures to support the deployment and operational needs of machine learning models.Establish standards and best practices to enhance reliability and performance across the infrastructure.Proactively identify and resolve reliability issues using monitoring and alerting systems.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to apply best practices in infrastructure management and incident response.Create automation scripts to streamline processes and reduce manual intervention.

About UsAt Sierra, we are pioneering a transformative platform that empowers businesses to forge authentic customer experiences through AI technology. Headquartered in the vibrant city of San Francisco, we also boast a dynamic presence in Atlanta, New York, London, France, Singapore, and Japan.Our operations are anchored in core values that shape our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These principles guide our actions and are integral to our mission.Our visionary founders, Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, bring unparalleled expertise. Bret, currently the Board Chair of OpenAI, previously co-led Salesforce and served as CTO at Facebook, while Clay led numerous initiatives at Google, including AR/VR projects and Google Workspace.Your RoleIn your capacity as a Software Engineer on the Site Reliability team, you will play a crucial role in establishing and enhancing the reliability, observability, and scalability of Sierra’s AI-centric infrastructure. Collaborating closely with our engineering and product teams, your goal is to ensure our systems remain highly available, efficient, and primed for growth.Lead the development of Sierra’s observability stack—including monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing—to provide engineers with critical insights into system health and performance.Collaborate with product and platform engineers to architect systems that prioritize reliability and scalability from the outset, not as an afterthought.Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, employing Terraform and cutting-edge DevOps tools.Enhance the reliability and scalability of our LLM deployments, ensuring they operate efficiently and cost-effectively.Drive improvements in deployment pipelines, CI/CD tooling, and incident management processes to minimize downtime and accelerate response times.Define and cultivate SRE practices within Sierra, shaping culture, tooling, and best practices across the engineering organization.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering or a similar role, with a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS).Proficiency in Terraform and modern DevOps practices.Experience with observability tools and techniques—monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing.Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability and performance optimization.Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Who We AreAt Hyperbolic Labs, we are committed to democratizing AI by removing barriers to computing power with our Open-Access AI Cloud. By aggregating global computing resources, we provide an innovative GPU marketplace and AI inference service that ensures both affordability and accessibility. As trailblazers at the convergence of AI and open-source technology, we envision a future where AI innovation is only limited by creativity, not by resource availability. We invite forward-thinking individuals who share our dedication to making AI universally accessible, secure, and affordable. Join us in crafting a platform that empowers innovators worldwide to realize their visionary AI projects.In anticipation of our growth following our Series A funding, our team — guided by co-founders with advanced degrees in AI, Mathematics, and Computer Science — is set to transform the computing landscape.About the RoleWe are in search of a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to guarantee that Hyperbolic's GPU marketplace and AI infrastructure function with outstanding reliability, performance, and security. As an aggregator of computational resources from numerous global providers, our service level objectives (SLOs), trust, and economic efficiency are critical to our product. Your key responsibilities will include defining and maintaining service level objectives, developing resilient incident response protocols, managing capacity across our extensive GPU network, and implementing secure rollout and rollback mechanisms to ensure uninterrupted platform operation around the clock.In this influential role, you'll set the reliability benchmarks that foster customer trust in our platform, design comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems for enhanced infrastructure visibility, automate capacity management and resource allocation processes, lead incident response and post-mortem evaluations, and collaborate closely with engineering teams to bolster system resilience. Security and infrastructure hardening will be paramount, necessitating strong isolation protocols between tenants and suppliers, the implementation of effective key management systems, and the establishment of compliance frameworks. This high-impact position will directly affect our ability to deliver on our commitment to providing affordable, accessible AI compute at scale.

About the RoleJoin alembic as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and become an integral part of our mission to enhance platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with engineers and data scientists to architect, automate, and maintain the robust infrastructure that drives our platform, including data pipelines, machine learning workloads, and real-time analytics systems.This hands-on position offers significant visibility across the technology stack and provides you with the opportunity to shape the future of our infrastructure and operations.

About Atomic SemiAtomic Semi is pioneering the development of a compact and agile semiconductor fabrication facility.With today’s technology, alongside a few innovative simplifications, we are capable of realizing this vision. We will create our own tools, allowing for rapid iterations and enhancements.Our goal is to assemble a small, exceptional team of hands-on engineers to drive this initiative forward. Our team is composed of experts in mechanical, electrical, hardware, computer, and process engineering. We will manage the entire stack, from atoms to architecture, with a forward-thinking approach that pushes the boundaries of technology.Our philosophy emphasizes that smaller, faster, and self-built systems are superior.We are confident that our team and lab can create anything we envision. Equipped with 3D printers, diverse microscopes, e-beam writers, and general fabrication tools, we are committed to inventing whatever tools we may need along the way.Founded by Sam Zeloof and Jim Keller, Atomic Semi combines Sam's garage chip-making prowess with Jim's extensive 40-year leadership in the semiconductor industry.About the RoleWe are in search of an Infrastructure & Site Reliability Engineer to design, construct, deploy, and oversee the on-premises backend infrastructure that drives our rapid semiconductor fabrication process.This multifaceted role encompasses all elements of backend infrastructure and services.Our infrastructure philosophy prioritizes minimalism, clarity, on-site operations, and proximity to hardware. Expect a focus on bare-metal Linux, systemd, and single-file binaries rather than extensive use of Docker, cloud services, or Kubernetes. Proficiency in Rust, Go, and Python will be beneficial.We welcome candidates from various experience levels—ranging from outstanding early-career engineers to seasoned professionals. We are not fixed on a specific background; what is paramount is your proven ability to build real systems, enthusiasm for hands-on engineering, and a strong display of engineering excellence. If you are passionate about performance engineering, developing complex features from the ground up, and swiftly mastering new domains, this is an exciting opportunity for you.A portfolio or GitHub account is generally required to apply: demonstrate the projects you’ve undertaken!

About HeartFlow HeartFlow, Inc. is a medical technology company focused on improving the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease. Our flagship product, the AI-powered HeartFlow FFRCT Analysis, provides a non-invasive, color-coded 3D view of a patient’s coronary arteries. Clinicians use our platform to identify blockages, assess blood flow, and analyze atherosclerosis, all in alignment with ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines. HeartFlow’s technology supports care teams in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Canada, and has already impacted over 500,000 patients worldwide. As a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: HTFL), HeartFlow continues to expand its product line and modernize its platform to support the next generation of life-saving medical technologies. Role Overview: Staff/Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) HeartFlow is searching for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join the cloud-native infrastructure team in San Francisco, California. This role works closely with Platform engineers and development teams to maintain and improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and performance of critical systems. What You Will Do Collaborate with Platform and development teams to ensure system reliability and performance Automate complex operational processes and reduce manual work Establish and promote standards for production excellence Support ongoing Platform Modernization initiatives Who We’re Looking For Extensive experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role Strong background in cloud-native infrastructure Interest in automation, reliability, and scalable systems Comfort working with cross-functional engineering teams Location This position is based in San Francisco, California.

The TeamJoin our dynamic Platform Engineering team within Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), which is tasked with maintaining vital infrastructure and operational functions that empower our engineering organization. We manage multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructures, deployment systems, and observability frameworks.The Fabric team specializes in ensuring secure communication between systems and the public internet. We focus on network architecture, service mesh, and edge load balancing, safeguarding customer data during transit. Our work is essential in building and sustaining a reliable, globally-connected multi-cloud network for MongoDB products.This position is available in our New York City headquarters, smaller offices in Austin, Palo Alto, and San Francisco, or as a fully remote role from anywhere in North America. Our hybrid work model accommodates both in-office and remote work.

Site Reliability EngineerLocation: San Francisco, CA (5 Days In-Office)As a Site Reliability Engineer at Latent, you will be the backbone of our infrastructure, ensuring the exceptional stability and performance of our cutting-edge clinical AI platform that serves major health systems. Your role is pivotal in enhancing operational excellence, directly impacting patient access to critical treatments.What Makes a Great Engineer at LatentWe seek individuals who are not just technically skilled but also passionate about ownership and high standards. You will thrive in our dynamic, in-office culture where teamwork and a winning mentality are key.Tool Proficiency: You are highly adept with your tools, fluent in command line operations, and skilled in keyboard shortcuts.Ownership: You take pride in managing complex systems and have a successful history of scaling mission-critical deployments.Automation Drive: You have a passion for automation, consistently seeking innovative methods to enhance efficiency and establish operational excellence.Problem Solver: You proactively address challenges, stepping in to resolve issues without waiting for others.Your ResponsibilitiesAs our SRE, you will take full ownership of the production environment and enhance the developer experience:Infrastructure Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain a robust production environment, having experience with over 500 machine deployments.Kubernetes Mastery: Utilize your expertise in Kubernetes and Helm to manage our containerized infrastructure, ensuring optimal deployment, scalability, and operational health.CI/CD & Deployment Optimization: Streamline the deployment pipelines for TypeScript and Python/ML, supporting rapid feature releases while upholding top-notch reliability.DevX Support: Enhance developer workflows by supporting Developer Experience (DevX) initiatives to improve tool proficiency and CI/CD systems.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Manage infrastructure definitions using Terraform.

Mithril is actively seeking skilled professionals for the position of Senior Site Reliability Engineer in our Supply division. We are open to candidates ranging from Senior to Principal level, with specific leveling contingent upon individual experience and proven expertise. Our ideal candidate will possess profound technical insight, strategic acumen, and a consistent record of delivering impactful results. We customize roles to align with each candidate’s distinct strengths and aspirations. About MithrilAt Mithril, we are revolutionizing the way AI enterprises access computational power. Our mission is to orchestrate global compute capacity, simplifying usage and optimizing it for AI workloads. We are developing a pioneering public cloud specifically designed for AI applications, making high-performance compute as accessible and reliable as flipping a switch.Founded just over a year ago from a Stanford PhD lab, Mithril has already attracted the support of premier investors, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Jeff Dean, and Eric Schmidt, amassing $80 million in funding. We have already secured a strong customer base and are generating revenue.Current machine learning infrastructure is excessively complicated, often forcing engineers to grapple with hardware and capacity challenges when their focus should be on innovation and addressing significant problems. Our Omnicloud Platform simplifies this by abstracting hardware management and offering seamless access to computing resources, enabling engineers to concentrate on developing transformative AI solutions.We are not merely making compute accessible; we are ensuring it is versatile, scalable, and tailored to meet the unique needs of advanced AI. Our infrastructure marketplace combines state-of-the-art hardware with Mithril’s Omnicloud Platform and software capabilities, empowering AI companies to innovate at an accelerated pace. Working at MithrilAs a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Mithril, you will play a crucial role in building the infrastructure that drives the future of AI. Your contributions will be vital not only for scaling our systems but also for ensuring their reliability and security at every level.You will be instrumental in developing and maintaining solutions that harness global compute resources, making them available to clients within the evolving AI/ML ecosystem—from high-performance clusters to foundational models, fine-tuning, inferencing, and agentic application workflows. You will tackle world-class technical challenges that enable cutting-edge AI workloads to utilize humanity's collective knowledge through planet-scale computing, helping our clients leverage AI's potential to enhance the world.If you are inspired by the challenge of scaling and securing systems while driving innovation in AI, we encourage you to apply.

Join Our Team as a Site Reliability EngineerBlaxel is seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of our cutting-edge AI infrastructure platform.In this role, you will develop and manage the essential systems that support scalable agentic AI. Your primary goal: maintain our ultra-low-latency, stateful, serverless compute engine, ensuring it remains robust as we handle billions of agent requests from the world's most advanced AI teams.This position is deeply technical and execution-oriented. You will take charge of our reliability framework, encompassing observability, performance optimization, incident management, infrastructure health, and the automation processes that ensure seamless operations. We are looking for innovators who can design new reliability systems, advance automation capabilities, and continuously adapt the platform to accommodate next-generation AI workloads. If you are a builder who excels in managing critical infrastructure at scale, we want to hear from you.Your ResponsibilitiesWorking closely with our founders, infrastructure team, and development team—leveraging AI for maximum efficiency—you will architect and manage the systems that keep Blaxel fast, resilient, and secure.Design, operate, and iteratively enhance the core infrastructure that drives our 25ms cold-start compute engine.Develop and refine our observability stack (metrics, traces, logs), ensuring proactive issue detection.Establish, monitor, and drive SLOs/SLIs across vital system components to ensure world-class reliability.Lead incident response with precision: conduct root cause analyses, post-mortems, and implement systemic solutions.Design and deploy self-healing, automated operational systems to minimize manual work and scale operations.Collaborate across compute, networking, storage, and sandboxed execution layers to optimize performance under intense workloads.Create automation tools—often utilizing AI agents—to enhance operations, debugging, capacity planning, and failure predictions.Test and stress our systems to their limits: engage in load testing, chaos engineering, and performance benchmarking.Champion security best practices at the infrastructure level, from sandboxed compute to network isolation.Collaborate with platform engineers to ensure reliability is an integral part of new features from inception.Who You AreExtensive technical expertise in site reliability engineering, with a passion for building scalable systems.

Drata helps organizations demonstrate their commitment to security and integrity. The platform supports companies as they build and maintain trust with users, customers, partners, and prospects. Values Built on Trust: Consistency shapes decisions and actions. Integrity: Choosing to do what is right, every time. Customer-Obsessed: Prioritizing customer needs above all else. Competitive Fire: Striving for higher standards and greater achievements. Diversity: Welcoming different perspectives to encourage creative solutions. Automation First: Pursuing efficiency by saving time and resources wherever possible. How the Team Works Drata blends high standards with a supportive environment focused on growth. Team members are encouraged to own their work, improve continuously, and deliver meaningful results. The company values quick, informed decisions that drive immediate impact, while always keeping the mission and customer needs at the center. The San Francisco-based team uses a hybrid work model. Colleagues collaborate in the office Tuesday through Thursday, focusing on alignment and innovation. Mondays and Fridays offer flexibility for deep work or personal needs. Growth and Culture Drata has expanded to over 600 professionals worldwide, recognized for a culture that values trust, speed, and continuous learning. The environment supports both personal and professional development. See the Speed: CEO Adam Markowitz discusses Drata’s rapid journey to $100M ARR in four years. Hear the Voice of the Team: Employee stories highlight collaboration and growth at Drata.

About Our TeamThe Infrastructure Engineering team operates within the IT department, dedicated to the reliable construction, deployment, and management of critical on-premises and hybrid environments that empower our internal services and vital research and development projects.This newly established team is committed to implementing rigorous Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices in environments where uptime, safety, recoverability, and security are paramount. We aim to replace unique, one-off infrastructure with standardized infrastructure-as-code components that enhance reliability and operational efficiency as OpenAI continues to grow.About This RoleWe are in search of an Infrastructure Engineering Lead who will architect, build, and maintain reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure that supports identity, access, endpoint, and shared platform services throughout the organization.You will take full ownership of infrastructure and identity systems from conceptual design and provisioning to policy enforcement, upgrades, recovery, and ongoing operations. Your goal will be to develop robust, production-grade platforms that minimize operational hurdles, enforce security by default, and empower teams to work more effectively and confidently.This position is ideal for a senior engineer who excels in navigating ambiguity, relishes the challenge of overseeing complex systems from start to finish, and enhances reliability and security by transforming fragile implementations into standardized, repeatable infrastructure.This role is based at our San Francisco headquarters and requires in-office attendance.Key Responsibilities:Define and refine infrastructure patterns for on-prem and hybrid environments, including self-hosted platforms, vendor-supported systems, and lab settings.Establish standardized, production-grade deployment and operational models that replace custom-built solutions.Collaborate with IT, Security, Identity, and Network teams to ensure infrastructure is designed to meet reliability, security, and access standards.Design and enhance the production architecture for Identity and Access Management (IAM) adjacent platforms, such as Microsoft Entra, utilizing SRE principles.Develop common management protocols and shared resources within Azure subscriptions to ensure uniformity and policy compliance in operations.