Solutions Architect, Digital Natives

Slope; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Solutions Architect in San Francisco to serve as the primary technical expert post-sale for customers, focusing on designing and deploying GenAI solutions. This role requires a minimum of five years of experience and expertise in building prototypes and deploying solutions across cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. Additionally, candidates should be skilled in relevant programming languages and observability tooling. The position offers a competitive salary range of $175,000 - $240,000 annually and allows for telecommuting within the U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role.
• Experience with AI application development including multi-agent systems and orchestration.
• Knowledge of enterprise security and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical expert for a portfolio of customers.
• Design and deploy GenAI solutions with customer stakeholders.
• Provide architectural guidance and build hands-on prototypes.

Skills

Building GenAI prototypes

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Observability tooling: Datadog

Enterprise security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Containers

Job description

Solutions Architect, Digital Natives (OpenAI OpCo, LLC; San Francisco, CA):

Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert post‑sale for a portfolio of customers, embedding deeply with them to design and deploy GenAI solutions. Engage with senior business and technical stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and validate the highest‑value GenAI applications in their roadmap. Accelerate customer time to value by providing architectural guidance, building hands‑on prototypes, and advising on best practices for scaling solutions in production. Maintain strong relationships with leadership and technical teams to drive adoption, expansion, and successful outcomes. Contribute to open‑source resources and enterprise‑facing technical documentation to scale best practices across customers. Share learnings and collaborate with internal teams to inform product development and improve customer outcomes. Codify knowledge and operationalize technical success practices to help the Solutions Architecture team scale impact across industries and customer types.

Telecommuting permitted from within the U.S.

Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Data Science, Computational Mathematics, or related field, plus five (5) years of experience as a Solutions Architect, Data Science Consultant, Software Engineer, or related occupation.

Must have experience with the following:

• Building GenAI prototypes, proofs of concept, and demos for large multinational corporations;
• Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Github;
• AI application development: RAG, evals, multi‑agent systems, orchestration, and caching;
• Deploying solutions on AWS, GCP, Azure, containers and Docker, and serverless;
• Networking basics around bastions and VPCs;
• Observability tooling: Datadog and Humio;
• Enterprise security, privacy, and compliance: SOC 2, PII handling, and DLP.

Salary: $175,000 - $240,000 per year

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.