Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC

OpenAI
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 185,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Risk awareness","Sound decision-making","Calm judgment","Simplifying complexity"]

Lead end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production with strategic customers, owning discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and rollout. Partner closely with customer engineering and domain teams to measure success via production adoption and workflow impact, and translate eval-driven feedback into improved product and model roadmaps. Write production-grade full-stack code (frontend + backend) and codify field learnings into reusable tools and playbooks.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production with strategic customers, owning discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and rollout. Partner closely with customer engineering and domain teams to measure success via production adoption and workflow impact, and translate eval-driven feedback into improved product and model roadmaps. Write production-grade full-stack code (frontend + backend) and codify field learnings into reusable tools and playbooks.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production.
  • •Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and improve how the team learns.
  • •Embed with customer teams to understand needs and guide adoption of what you build.
  • •Scope and sequence delivery, remove blockers early, and manage trade-offs across scope, speed, and quality.
  • •Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks and share field feedback to improve research and product roadmaps.
Travel: Extensive travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience with customer-facing work.
  • •Scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
  • •Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.
  • •Built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models, understanding how model behavior impacts product experience.
  • •Communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.
Experience:5+ yearsLLMsGenerative modelsCustomer-facing engineering
Skills:CommunicationRisk awarenessSound decision-makingCalm judgmentSimplifying complexity
Tech Stack:PythonJavaScriptLLMsGenerative models

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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