GenAI Startup Engineer — Guide, Prototype & Scale

Fdetimes; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Office in SF/NYC

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to help push the frontier of AI for startups on our platform. You will guide ideation, development, delivery and scaling with strategic customers, acting as a trusted technical partner in a hybrid SF/NYC office.

In this role you will collaborate with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams, building prototypes on our API, sharing knowledge, and driving customer value from concept to production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as software/ML engineer, ideally in a startup.
• Proficient in Python and JavaScript; strong AI/LLM practices.
• Built or delivered prototypes on our API platform.
• Proactively identify opportunities to maximize customer value via the OpenAI API.

Responsibilities

• Partner with startup customers to build novel applications on our API.
• Provide guidance to maximize business impact and speed up development.
• Prototype with customers and demonstrate practical use cases.
• Contribute to open-source resources and scale the function by sharing knowledge.
• Synthesize feedback to Product and Research teams.
• Build relationships in the startup ecosystem and with Sales.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

ML engineering

Startup experience

Tools

OpenAI API

Job description

OpenAI is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to help push the frontier of AI for startups on our platform. You will guide ideation, development, delivery and scaling with strategic customers, acting as a trusted technical partner in a hybrid SF/NYC office.

In this role you will collaborate with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams, building prototypes on our API, sharing knowledge, and driving customer value from concept to production.