Applied AI Engineer, Startups

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 220,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Python","JavaScript","Communication","Problem-solving","Work in teams"]

The role supports OpenAI’s startup customers by guiding ideation, development, and scaling of GenAI applications built on our API. You’ll partner with startups, provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact, prototype with customers, contribute to open-source resources, and relay valuable feedback to Product and Research teams, while collaborating across Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams from our San Francisco HQ.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
11 months ago

Applied AI Engineer, Startups

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Job Summary

The role supports OpenAI’s startup customers by guiding ideation, development, and scaling of GenAI applications built on our API. You’ll partner with startups, provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact, prototype with customers, contribute to open-source resources, and relay valuable feedback to Product and Research teams, while collaborating across Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams from our San Francisco HQ.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner closely with strategic startup customers as their technical thought partner to build novel applications on our API, helping them rapidly move from ideation to scale.
  • •Provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact and accelerate application development.
  • •Experiment and prototype alongside customers, demonstrating practical use cases.
  • •Synthesize and deliver valuable feedback to the Product and Research teams.
  • •Build relationships within the startup ecosystem, serving as a technical partner to both individual customers and the broader community.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 280,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RelocationHybrid Work

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ML engineer or equivalent, ideally in a startup environment; experience as a founder or founding engineer is highly valued.
  • •Proficient in Python and JavaScript, with a strong grasp of AI/LLM best practices.
  • •Built and/or delivered prototypes on top of our API platform.
  • •Able to proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers’ business value through leveraging the OpenAI API.
  • •Willing to own problems end-to-end, learn what you don’t know, and drive multiple projects to success.
Experience:5+ yearsAIStartupsGenAIEnterprise software
Skills:PythonJavaScriptCommunicationProblem-solvingWork in teams
Tech Stack:PythonJavaScriptOpenAI APIAPIsOpen Source

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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Glassdoor: 4.4
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