Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Paris

OpenAI
Paris
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Customer-facing","Teamwork"]

Customer-focused software engineer role embedding with strategic clients to design and build scalable, full-stack solutions using OpenAI APIs. You’ll collaborate across Sales, Solutions Eng, and Research, contribute to internal knowledge, and travel up to 50% while working in a Paris-based hybrid team. Prior startup exposure and 7+ years of full-stack experience are highly valued.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
9 months ago

Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Paris

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Job Summary

Customer-focused software engineer role embedding with strategic clients to design and build scalable, full-stack solutions using OpenAI APIs. You’ll collaborate across Sales, Solutions Eng, and Research, contribute to internal knowledge, and travel up to 50% while working in a Paris-based hybrid team. Prior startup exposure and 7+ years of full-stack experience are highly valued.
Location: Paris
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Embed deeply with strategic customers to understand their business challenges and technical requirements in detail.
  • •Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions using an experiment-driven, iterative approach.
  • •Prepare detailed scopes of work and project plans for both proof-of-concept prototypes and full production deployments.
  • •Work hands-on with customers' technical teams as a technical expert and trusted advisor, coding side-by-side to drive projects to completion on their infrastructure.
  • •Collaborate with Product, Research and Applied teams to ensure seamless customer experiences, project success and actionable product feedback
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of professional full stack engineering experience (excluding internships) in tech and product-driven companies
  • •Customer-facing experience is highly desirable
  • •Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
  • •Former founder or early engineer at a startup is a plus
  • •Bias for action and willingness to work iteratively with customers to deliver the right solution
Experience:7+ yearsAIEnterprise softwareSaaS
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingCustomer-facingTeamwork
Tech Stack:OpenAI APIPostgreSQLMySQLFull-stackAPIs

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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