Forward Deployed Engineer - Singapore

OpenAI, Inc.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

50% travel

Job summary

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. The FDEs own discovery, scoping, system design, build, and production rollout for frontier models in production, collaborating with customer engineering and domain teams.

This role is based in Singapore with a hybrid model (3 days in office) and relocation assistance. 50% travel is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
• Experience writing production-grade code in Python, JavaScript, or equivalent stacks.
• Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
• Strong ability to communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.
• Role based in Singapore; relocation assistance offered and hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across deployments from prototype to production.
• Build full-stack systems delivering customer value and learnings.
• Embed with customer teams to understand needs and guide adoption.
• Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early.
• Balance scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery.
• Contribute code when progress depends on it; codify patterns and playbooks.
• Share field feedback to help research and product improve models.
• Maintain clarity and momentum across teams.

Skills

5+ years deployment

Python

JavaScript

LLMs / Gen models

Customer-facing

System design

Job description

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. This role is based in Singapore. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. 50% travel is expected.

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. Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work. Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments. Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks. Have built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behaviour affects product experience. Simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under pressure. Communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders. Spot risks early and adjust without slowing down. Model calm and judgment when the stakes are high.