Frontier AI Deployment Engineer (Customer-Facing)

OpenAI, Inc.; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work model

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 50%

Zusammenfassung

OpenAI in Zurich is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams.

You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, and measure success through production adoption and feedback that guides product roadmaps. The role requires a hybrid work model (3 days in office), relocation assistance, and up to 50% travel.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
• Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
• Ability to write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.
• Experience with systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understanding their impact on product experience.

Aufgaben

• Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production.
• Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn.
• Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build.
• Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early.
• Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery.
• Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it.
• Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use.
• Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve.
• Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through.

Kenntnisse

5+ years experience

Frontend & Backend coding

Python

JavaScript

LLMs deployment

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Jobbeschreibung

OpenAI in Zurich is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams.

You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, and measure success through production adoption and feedback that guides product roadmaps. The role requires a hybrid work model (3 days in office), relocation assistance, and up to 50% travel.