OpenAI•25 days ago
Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer Devices
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
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This is a senior, hands-on software security architecture role focused on operating systems within OpenAI's Consumer Devices team.
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An ideal candidate brings deep experience with OS internals, hardware-backed security, and systems programming languages like C, C++, or Rust.
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The role requires defining trust boundaries, secure boot, isolation, and guardrails for AI applications on next-gen hardware.
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Candidates without a strong background in low-level systems security or operating system internals should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Define the operating system's security architecture, trust boundaries, privilege model, and protections for sensitive user data.
- 2Partner with hardware security architects to integrate roots of trust, secure elements, trusted execution environments, and processor security capabilities
- 3Design foundational platform defenses including secure boot, code signing, attestation, secure updates, key protection, and device recovery.
- 4Establish isolation and access controls across the kernel, applications, system services, and AI workloads.
- 5Define guardrails for how AI applications and agents access information, use sensors and tools, retain context, and act on a user's behalf.
- 6Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews across the platform, translating emerging threats into practical requirements.
Skills Matrix
Must-Have Skills
Operating Systems(OS)
Embedded Platforms
Hypervisors
Privileged Systems Software
Operating System Internals
Memory Protection
Process Isolation
Hardware Security
Threat Modeling
Nice-to-Have Skills
Secure Boot
Code Signing
Trusted Execution Environments(TEE)
Bonus Skill
C++
Rust
Kernel Hardening
Virtualization-based Security(VBS)
AI Agent Security
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