Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London

OpenAI
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Customer focus","Problem-solving"]

Customer-focused software engineer to design and implement scalable full-stack solutions leveraging OpenAI APIs, embedding with strategic clients, and guiding projects from prototype to production while collaborating with sales, solutions engineering, and product teams.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
9 months ago

Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London

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Job Summary

Customer-focused software engineer to design and implement scalable full-stack solutions leveraging OpenAI APIs, embedding with strategic clients, and guiding projects from prototype to production while collaborating with sales, solutions engineering, and product teams.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Embed deeply with strategic customers to understand their business challenges and technical requirements in detail
  • •Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions using an experiment-driven, iterative approach
  • •Prepare detailed scopes of work and project plans for both proof-of-concept prototypes and full production deployments
  • •Work hands-on with customers' technical teams as a technical expert and trusted advisor, coding side-by-side to drive projects to completion on their infrastructure
  • •Collaborate with Product, Research and Applied teams to ensure seamless customer experiences, project success and actionable product feedback
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of professional full stack engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies - customer-facing experience is highly desirable
  • •Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch is a plus
  • •Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
  • •Have a bias for action and willingness to work iteratively with your customers to deliver the right solution that solves their problem
  • •Willingness to travel up to 50% and collaborate with cross-functional teams
Experience:7+ yearsAIEnterprise software
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationCustomer focusProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PostgreSQLMySQLAPIs

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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