Production AI Deployment Engineer

Openai; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks Forward Deployed Engineers to lead complex deployments of frontier models in production, partnering with customer engineering teams. You will own discovery, scoping, design, build, and rollout, measuring success through adoption and impact.

You will work closely with product, research, partnerships, security, and GTM teams; this role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid model (3 days in the office) and up to 50% travel. relocation assistance is offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
• Have 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.
• Have built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behaviour affects product experience.
• 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.

Skills

Customer-facing delivery

System design & deployment

Communication with engineers

Ambiguity handling

Production-grade coding

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks Forward Deployed Engineers to lead complex deployments of frontier models in production, partnering with customer engineering teams. You will own discovery, scoping, design, build, and rollout, measuring success through adoption and impact.

You will work closely with product, research, partnerships, security, and GTM teams; this role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid model (3 days in the office) and up to 50% travel. relocation assistance is offered.