2 months ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Partner with strategic startup customers as a technical thought partner to build novel applications on the OpenAI API and move them from ideation to scale.
- Provide proactive technical guidance to maximize business impact and accelerate application development.
- Experiment and prototype alongside customers to demonstrate practical use cases.
- Contribute to open-source resources, codify best practices, share knowledge, and publish useful resources.
- Synthesize and deliver product and model feedback to Product and Research teams.
- Build relationships across the startup ecosystem and serve as a technical partner to customers and the broader community.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer, ML engineer, or equivalent, ideally in a startup environment.
- Founder or founding engineer experience is highly valued.
- Proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with a strong grasp of AI and LLM best practices.
- Experience building or delivering prototypes on the OpenAI API platform.
- Ability to identify opportunities to maximize customer business value through the OpenAI API.
- Ability to own problems end-to-end, learn missing knowledge, manage concurrent projects, and prioritize effectively.
- Fluent Japanese and English communication skills.
- Passion for startups and a collaborative, humble attitude.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with 3 days in the Tokyo office per week.
- Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward DeployedSolutions Engineering
About OpenAI
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.