Openai - San Francisco, CA
posted 10 days ago
Full-time - Senior
San Francisco, CA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
The Tech Lead Manager for Data Acquisition at OpenAI is responsible for overseeing engineering projects related to data collection, including web crawling and data ingestion. This role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure efficient data flow and compliance with legal standards, while also focusing on the development of scalable systems for handling large volumes of data.
Responsibilities
- Own and lead engineering projects in the area of data acquisition including web crawling, data ingestion, and search.
- Collaborate with other sub-teams, such as Data Processing, Architecture, and Scaling, to ensure smooth data flow and system operability.
- Work closely with the legal team to handle any compliance or data privacy-related matters.
- Develop and deploy highly scalable distributed systems capable of handling petabytes to exabytes of data.
- Architect and implement algorithms for data indexing and search capabilities.
- Build and maintain backend services for data storage, including work with key-value databases and synchronization.
- Deploy solutions in a Kubernetes Infrastructure-as-Code environment and perform routine system checks.
- Conduct and analyze experiments on data to provide insights into system performance.
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- 7+ years of industry experience in software development.
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience.
- Experience with large web crawlers is a plus.
- Strong expertise in large stateful distributed systems and data processing.
- Proficiency in Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
- Willingness and enthusiasm for trying new approaches and technologies.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
