Inference Technical Lead, On-Device Transformers

OpenAI

Full time Other-General
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Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Posted
June 16, 2026

Job Description

About the Team

The Future of Computing Research team is an applied research team in the Consumer Devices group focused on developing new methods and models to support our vision as we advance forward in our mission of building AGI that benefits all of humanity.

About the Role

As a Technical Lead on the Future of Computing Research team, you will work together with both the best ML researchers in the world and the greatest design talent of our generation to push the frontier of model capabilities.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We follow a hybrid model with 4 days a week in the office and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

  • Evaluate and select silicon platforms (GPUs, NPUs, and specialized accelerators) for on-device and edge deployment of OpenAI models.

  • Work closely with research teams to co-design model architectures that meet real-world deployment const...