openai
AI Deployment Engineer, Startups
San Franciscofulltimemid
About this role
OpenAI seeks an AI Deployment Engineer to partner with strategic startups, guiding them through building and scaling generative AI applications on the OpenAI API. You'll serve as a technical advisor, helping customers move from ideation to production while collecting valuable product feedback to improve OpenAI's offerings.
What you'll do
- Act as technical thought partner for startup customers, helping them build and scale AI applications on the API
- Guide customers through prototyping, development, and deployment phases
- Synthesize and communicate product and model feedback to internal teams
- Create and share open-source resources, documentation, and best practices
- Identify business value opportunities and growth potential for customers
- Build relationships within the startup ecosystem and community
What they're looking for
- Python and JavaScript proficiency
- 5+ years software or ML engineering experience
- AI/LLM best practices and API platform experience
- End-to-end problem ownership
- Multi-project management and prioritization
- Startup environment familiarity
- Prototyping and rapid experimentation
- Cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Hybrid work model (3 days in-office per week)
- Relocation assistance available
- Work with cutting-edge AI technology
- Exposure to innovative startup use cases
- Opportunity to influence product direction
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