AI Deployment Engineer, Startups

OpenAI
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Technical guidance","Problem ownership","Collaboration","High-throughput prioritization","Communication"]

Partner with strategic startup customers as a technical thought partner to design and build novel applications on the OpenAI API. Guide teams from ideation through development, delivery, and scaling, including rapid prototyping and experimentation. Share knowledge via open-source resources, codify best practices, and deliver high-fidelity product and model feedback to Product and Research. Collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product in a hybrid Tokyo-based role.

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OpenAI
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AI Deployment Engineer, Startups

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Job Summary

Partner with strategic startup customers as a technical thought partner to design and build novel applications on the OpenAI API. Guide teams from ideation through development, delivery, and scaling, including rapid prototyping and experimentation. Share knowledge via open-source resources, codify best practices, and deliver high-fidelity product and model feedback to Product and Research. Collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product in a hybrid Tokyo-based role.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as a technical thought partner to build novel applications on the OpenAI API with strategic startup customers.
  • •Provide proactive guidance to accelerate application development and maximize business impact.
  • •Experiment and prototype alongside customers to demonstrate practical use cases.
  • •Contribute to open-source resources by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing resources.
  • •Synthesize and deliver high-fidelity product and model feedback to Product and Research teams.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience as a software engineer or ML engineer, ideally in a startup environment; founder/founding engineer experience is highly valued.
  • •Proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with strong grasp of AI/LLM best practices.
  • •Have built and/or delivered prototypes on top of the OpenAI API platform.
  • •Ability to proactively identify opportunities to maximize customers’ business value using the OpenAI API.
  • •Fluent in Japanese and English, with an eagerness to own problems end-to-end and collaborate effectively.
Experience:5+ yearsStartupOpen source
Skills:Technical guidanceProblem ownershipCollaborationHigh-throughput prioritizationCommunication
Languages:JapaneseEnglish
Tech Stack:PythonJavaScriptOpenAI APIAILLM

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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