OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF

OpenAI
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Base Salary

$185k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own technical delivery across multiple customer deployments from first prototype through stable production.
  • Lead discovery, technical scoping, system design, system building, and production rollout.
  • Build full-stack systems and contribute directly to production code when needed.
  • Embed with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption.
  • Scope work, sequence delivery, remove blockers, and balance scope, speed, and quality.
  • Codify successful patterns into reusable tools, playbooks, and building blocks.
  • Provide field feedback to Product and Research teams about model performance and improvement opportunities.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including customer-facing work.
  • Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
  • Ability to write and review production-grade frontend and backend code using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.
  • Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
  • Ability to make sound decisions under pressure, identify risks early, and communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with three days per week in the San Francisco office.
  • Relocation assistance is offered.
  • Up to 50% travel is required.

Categories

Forward Deployed
OpenAI

About OpenAI

10,000+ employees

OpenAI builds and deploys large-scale AI models and tools—including ChatGPT, GPT-4–class models, DALL·E, and Whisper—sold via APIs and enterprise subscriptions to developers and businesses. It monetizes through usage-based API pricing and ChatGPT Plus/Team/Enterprise, and also reaches customers via Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a private partnership.

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