Technical Lead, Host Assurance

OpenAI is seeking a Technical Lead, Host Assurance to own and scale the trust foundations for bare-metal platforms across OpenAI’s global infrastructure. This is a player-coach role for a deeply hands-on builder and proven people leader who owns the Host Assurance charter end-to-end —designing, building, and operating the core security infrastructure that establishes trust in hardware platforms before they are eligible to run workloads. Success in this role requires deep technical credibility, strong judgment under pressure, and the ability to partner effectively across infrastructure, research, and security teams without becoming a bottleneck to execution. The systems you build sit on the critical path of OpenAI’s frontier infrastructure investments and directly shape how unprecedented amounts of compute are brought online—securely, responsibly, and at global scale—underpinning long-lived commitments around privacy, security, and reliability. You will lead a small, highly senior team while staying deeply engaged in architecture, implementation, and operational readiness. At OpenAI, leadership is earned through building and shipping, reflected in durable systems and the teams you grow. The role partners closely with infrastructure, research, and confidential initiatives—including novel hardware platforms and emerging deployment models—and requires hands-on technical leadership to make the secure path the easiest path, rather than just focusing purely on policy enforcement or people management.