AI Deployment Engineer

About this role

OpenAI seeks an AI Deployment Engineer to serve as a technical expert guiding enterprise customers through GenAI adoption, from strategy and prototyping to production deployment. You'll partner with customer leadership to identify high-value use cases, design solutions using OpenAI's models and APIs, and drive measurable business outcomes while collaborating cross-functionally with internal teams.

What you'll do

• Act as primary technical advisor for a customer portfolio, embedding with organizations to design and deploy GenAI solutions
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI applications by engaging with senior business and technical stakeholders
• Build prototypes, provide architectural guidance, and advise on production scaling best practices
• Maintain strong relationships with customer leadership and technical teams to drive adoption and expansion
• Contribute to open-source resources and documentation to scale best practices across customers
• Share learnings with internal teams to inform product development and operationalize technical success

What they're looking for

• 5+ years technical consulting, post-sales engineering, or solutions architecture experience
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or similar programming languages
• Experience deploying Generative AI or machine learning systems at scale
• Understanding of infrastructure and network architecture considerations
• Strong communication skills for both executive and technical audiences
• Hands-on prototyping and proof-of-concept development
• Cross-functional collaboration and project ownership
• Ability to rapidly acquire new technical skills

Benefits

• Hybrid work model (3 days/week in NYC office)
• Relocation assistance available for new employees