Software Engineer, Security Observability

The role

You will build secure, scalable systems to enhance security observability infrastructure. You will develop, deploy, and maintain software solutions that support security and detection capabilities.

What you will do

• Design and develop scalable software systems for security observability across infrastructure
• Build and maintain data pipelines to centralize and store security-relevant data
• Improve the resilience and reliability of data systems for high platform availability
• Collaborate with Detection & Response and other security teams to reduce security risk
• Contribute to data engineering for forensic investigations and compliance efforts

Required qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar
• Background in infrastructure as code
• Experience using tools like Terraform
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure
• Experience with building and maintaining data pipelines for security-related use cases
• Generalist engineering mindset with flexibility to pivot between technical domains like databases, SRE, or security
• Ability to collaborate effectively with security and engineering teams

Nice to have

• Curiosity about using AI and agents to improve security data workflows

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.