Frontier AI Deployment Engineer

OpenAI

California (MO)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an Early Access Deployment Engineer to lead technical engagements with customers leveraging frontier capabilities. You will be a hands-on builder, solving real-world use cases, prototyping solutions, and guiding evaluations from onboarding through launch decisions.

This role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid work model and relocation assistance for new hires. You will collaborate with Research, Product, Engineering, GTM, Security, Legal, and Marketing to turn frontier

Qualifications

4+ years of software engineering or equivalent technical experience with customer-facing delivery.
Track record of turning ambiguous ideas into working prototypes and reliable solutions.
Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript; comfortable with front-end and back-end development.
Familiarity with cloud deployment and production systems.
Practical AI/LLM depth including evaluating model behavior and building production-oriented AI apps.

Responsibilities

Engage deeply with strategic customers during early alpha stages to understand goals and constraints.
Translate capabilities into scoped use cases, prototypes, and clear success criteria.
Prototype rapidly with customers, Product, and Research through experiments.
Design and support evaluations that reveal model behavior and workflow impact.
Own end-to-end execution of early access programs from onboarding to launch decisions.
Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations across multiple teams.