OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov

This posting was open on OpenAI's own careers board when we last checked it.

Employer: OpenAI
Location: Washington, DC
Seniority: Not stated
Experience asked for: Not stated
Pay band: $146K – $280K
Team: OpenAI for Gov

When we saw it

Posted 2025-09-03 — the date the employer published it
First seen 2026-05-25 — the first scan of ours that found it
Last seen open 2026-07-27
Archived 2026-07-27 — when we saved this copy

Found via OpenAI Careers (Ashby).

From the posting

About the team The OpenAI for Government team is a dynamic, mission-driven group leveraging frontier AI to transform how governments achieve their missions. Our team works to empower public servants with secure, compliant AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Gov) and mission-aligned deployments that meet government technical requirements with strong reliability and safety. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex deployments of frontier models in production. You will embed with our most strategic government and public sector customers—where model performance matters, delivery is urgent, and ambiguity is the default. You’ll map their problems, structure delivery, and ship fast. This includes scoping, sequencing, and building full-stack solutions that create measurable value, while driving clarity across internal and external teams. …

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