Frontier AI Deployment Engineer

Showcify; United States; On-site; USD 68,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Travel up to 50%

Job summary

OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineers lead complex deployments of frontier models in production. You will embed with customers where model performance matters, and map their problems to structured delivery of full-stack solutions that create measurable value.

This role is based in Abu Dhabi with a hybrid model (3 days in the office per week), relocation assistance, and travel up to 50% as required. You will own delivery state across workstreams and drive clarity across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
• Experience delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
• Production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.
• Experience with systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
• Ability to simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under pressure.
• Clear communication with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from prototype to 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.

Skills

5+ years exp

Python

JavaScript

LLMs / generative models

Full-stack delivery

Customer-facing delivery

Job description

OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineers lead complex deployments of frontier models in production. You will embed with customers where model performance matters, and map their problems to structured delivery of full-stack solutions that create measurable value.

This role is based in Abu Dhabi with a hybrid model (3 days in the office per week), relocation assistance, and travel up to 50% as required. You will own delivery state across workstreams and drive clarity across teams.