Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF
USD 185,000–300,000 / year
- Company
- Openai
- Location
- San Francisco
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Open to applicants from
- On-site/hybrid: local candidates
- Level
- Mid-level
- Employment
- Full-time
- Field
- Software Engineering / Software engineer (general)
- Stated pay
- USD 185,000–300,000 / year
- Posted
- 2026-09-11 (2 months ago)
- Visa sponsorship mentioned
- Not mentioned
- Listing source
- Ashby
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About the role
About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You’ll work closely…
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