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Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov

Washington, DC (Remote)$145.8k–$280kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Lead hands-on deployments of OpenAI's frontier AI models for strategic government and defense customers. You'll embed with agencies to design, build, and scale full-stack solutions that deliver measurable mission impact, while shaping OpenAI's product roadmap through field insights.

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end technical delivery of AI deployments in production government environments
  • Design and build novel LLM-powered applications tailored to customer mission needs
  • Prototype full-stack systems using Python, JavaScript, or equivalent technologies
  • Manage customer relationships and guide stakeholders on maximizing operational value
  • Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove technical blockers in ambiguous contexts
  • Capture and codify deployment patterns to inform OpenAI's product and research teams

What they're looking for

  • Full-stack software development (Python, JavaScript, or similar)
  • Cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)
  • LLM and generative AI system design and deployment
  • Technical project scoping and delivery management
  • Government and compliance requirements knowledge
  • Cross-functional communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Problem-solving under ambiguity and time pressure
  • Infrastructure and observability (monitoring, logging, reliability)

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model (3 days in-office per week)
  • Relocation assistance available
  • Work on mission-critical AI deployments with high impact
  • Direct influence on OpenAI's government product roadmap
  • Collaboration with defense, intelligence, and federal leadership
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OpenAI

OpenAI builds AI infrastructure and products, including large-scale data center campuses for AI computing and generative AI applications for enterprise customers. The company is hiring civil engineers, project engineers, electrical design engineers, data center R&D engineers, and AI deployment engineers to expand its infrastructure capabilities and help customers deploy AI solutions.

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