Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI

OpenAI hires Forward Deployed Engineers to embed with enterprise and government customers and turn frontier models like GPT into production systems. FDEs at OpenAI scope use cases, build custom integrations on top of the API and Agents tooling, and own deployments end to end — from first prototype to scaled rollout. Roles span software, security, and platform tracks and are concentrated in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle, with some government-focused positions. It's one of the most competitive FDE roles in AI, pairing deep engineering with direct customer ownership.