Hybrid Forward Deployed Engineer (LLM Deployments)

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Travel up to 50%

Job summary

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team leads complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production for strategic customers. You will own discovery, system design, build, and rollout, partnering with customer engineering and domain teams.

Travel up to 50% and relocation assistance are provided in a hybrid SF-based role. You will measure success by production adoption, workflow impact, and feedback that shapes product and model roadmaps, working with Product, Research, Partnerships,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work
• 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
• Built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team leads complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production for strategic customers. You will own discovery, system design, build, and rollout, partnering with customer engineering and domain teams.

Travel up to 50% and relocation assistance are provided in a hybrid SF-based role. You will measure success by production adoption, workflow impact, and feedback that shapes product and model roadmaps, working with Product, Research, Partnerships,