Frontier Deployment Engineer (Customer‑Facing)

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex deployments of AI models. You will work closely with customers and internal teams to ensure technical delivery and drive the success of systems in production. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and is adept at simplifying complexity under pressure. This role includes a hybrid work model with relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in engineering or technical deployment.
• Experience delivering complex systems in fast-moving environments.
• Proficiency in frontend and backend development.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple deployments.
• Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value.
• Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers.

Skills

Engineering or technical deployment experience

Customer-facing work

Production-grade code writing and reviewing

Ability to simplify complexity and make decisions

Clear communication

Risk spotting

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Job description

A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex deployments of AI models. You will work closely with customers and internal teams to ensure technical delivery and drive the success of systems in production. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and is adept at simplifying complexity under pressure. This role includes a hybrid work model with relocation assistance.