Forward Deployed Software Engineer

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
About OpenAI

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.

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About the Role

You will embed with strategic customers to understand their technical challenges, design and build full-stack solutions, and deliver projects from prototypes through production deployment. You will prepare project scopes and plans, provide technical guidance, collaborate with internal partners, and document reusable best practices.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience
  • Experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL
  • Customer-facing engineering experience is highly desirable
  • Experience building a product from scratch as a founder or early startup engineer is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Embed with strategic customers to understand business challenges and technical requirements
  • Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions
  • Prepare scopes of work and project plans for prototypes and production deployments
  • Work hands-on with customer technical teams to complete projects
  • Collaborate with internal partners to improve customer experiences and provide product feedback
  • Contribute best practices and insights to internal knowledge bases

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees or up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided