Applied AI Architect, Government

OpenAI
Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 234,000 - 335,000 annuallyFunction: Government & Public AdministrationSkills: ["Communication","Sound judgment","Relationship building","Ability to handle ambiguity"]

Own the technical strategy and account plan for a named portfolio of public sector customers, guiding AI use cases from pre-sales discovery through deployment and measurable mission impact. Partner with Account Directors while acting as the primary technical relationship owner, leading discovery, technical evaluations, and applied AI architecture design across models, data, integration, identity, security, privacy, and governance.

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Applied AI Architect, Government

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Job Summary

Own the technical strategy and account plan for a named portfolio of public sector customers, guiding AI use cases from pre-sales discovery through deployment and measurable mission impact. Partner with Account Directors while acting as the primary technical relationship owner, leading discovery, technical evaluations, and applied AI architecture design across models, data, integration, identity, security, privacy, and governance.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Government & Public Administration

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Serve as the primary technical advisor and long-term technical relationship owner for a named portfolio of public sector customers and pre-sales prospects.
  • ā€¢Own the technical account plan, including technical milestones, adoption priorities, expansion opportunities, and clear success measures.
  • ā€¢Lead discovery with mission owners and technical teams to identify and prioritize use cases tied to mission and operational outcomes.
  • ā€¢Develop Applied AI Architectures across models, applications, data, integration, identity, security, privacy, governance, evaluation, and deployment.
  • ā€¢Guide security, compliance, governance, and deployment requirements, track adoption and production readiness, and intervene early when risks threaten value realization.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 234,000 - 335,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RelocationEquity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢Significant experience in customer-facing technical roles such as solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical account leadership, AI deployment, or technical customer success.
  • ā€¢Experience guiding complex organizations from technical evaluation through production adoption and measurable impact.
  • ā€¢Experience working with government agencies, public institutions, or government contractors, including how mission priorities and security/compliance/governance shape adoption.
  • ā€¢Strong software and cloud architecture foundations covering APIs, distributed systems, data integration, identity, security, and privacy.
  • ā€¢Ability to prototype and communicate technical tradeoffs using APIs/SDKs and languages such as Python or JavaScript.
Skills:CommunicationSound judgmentRelationship buildingAbility to handle ambiguity
Tech Stack:APIsPythonJavaScriptSDKsDistributed systemsData integrationIdentitySecurityPrivacyRetrievalModel evaluationEnterprise AI workflowsAgentic applications

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·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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