Forward Deployed Engineer - Sydney

OpenAI
Sydney
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end deployments of frontier AI models in production, owning discovery, scoping, system design, build, and rollout for strategic customer projects. You’ll deliver full-stack solutions, collaborate with product, research, and partnerships, and drive adoption with field feedback. Based in Sydney with a hybrid 3-days-in-office model, relocation support, and travel up to 50%.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
5 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - Sydney

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Job Summary

Forward Deployed Engineers lead end-to-end deployments of frontier AI models in production, owning discovery, scoping, system design, build, and rollout for strategic customer projects. You’ll deliver full-stack solutions, collaborate with product, research, and partnerships, and drive adoption with field feedback. Based in Sydney with a hybrid 3-days-in-office model, relocation support, and travel up to 50%.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key 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.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.
  • •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.
  • •Ability to scope and deliver complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
  • •Strong communication skills to collaborate with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.
Experience:5+ yearsAI deploymentProduction systemsCustomer-facing
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Tech Stack:PythonJavaScriptFrontendBackendLLMs

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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