Forward Deployed Software Engineer Public Sector
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Public Sector
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USD 255000 - 405000
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About the Team
Join the engineering teams that bring OpenAIs ideas safely to the world!
The Applied Engineering team works across research engineering product and design to bring OpenAIs technology to consumers and businesses. We seek to learn from deployment and distribute the benefits of AI while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. Safety is more important to us than unfettered growth.
About the Role
We are looking for an outcomeoriented Forward Deployed Software Engineer to deeply partner with our most strategic and highimpact customers in the public sector. As an FDSE you will take on various roles actively coding and leveraging your software engineering experience throughout the stages of application ideation development delivery and scaling. You will embed directly throughout the project lifecycle working onsite and being handson with every aspect of the solution from design to production.
This role is based in Washington D.C. and San Francisco CA. Travel to and working from customer sites is required for this role.
In this role you will:
Deeply embed with our most strategic public sector customers serving as their technical thought partner in ideating and directly developing novel fullstack applications on our platform
Leverage your software engineering expertise in Python and JavaScript to create initial prototypes and contribute back durable product features
Proactively provide guidance to our customers on how to maximize business impact from their applications accelerating their time to value
Forge and manage relationships with our customers leadership and stakeholders to ensure their applications successful deployment and scale
Collaborate closely with public sector teammates and crossfunctional teams across the company to strategically drive our platform towards exceeding customer expectations
You might thrive in this role if you:
Hold an active US security clearance or ability to obtain/maintain one
Have 5 years of software engineering experience with an emphasis on customerfacing roles
Proficient in Python Javascript and relevant technologies
Familiar with deployment models including to cloud platforms (Azure AWS) and the underlying infrastructure primitives (Kubernetes Terraform)
Can proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers business value through leveraging the OpenAI API
Own outcomes endtoend and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge youre missing to get the job done to ensure both your team and our customers succeed
Skilled communicator adept at explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences with clarity and concision
Led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders
Have a humble attitude and an eagerness to help others with empathy
Operate with high horsepower are adept at frequent context switching and working on multiple projects at once with expansive ownership and ruthlessly prioritize
Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that generalpurpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race religion national origin gender sexual orientation age veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.
OpenAI Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and requests can be made via thislink.
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At OpenAI we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Employment Type
Full-Time
