OpenAI
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Seattle
This posting was open on OpenAI's own careers board when we last checked it.
- Employer
- OpenAI
- Location
- Seattle
- Seniority
- Not stated
- Experience asked for
- Not stated
- Pay band
- $153K – $325K
- Team
- Forward Deployed Engineering
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-03-04 — 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 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 We are looking for customer-focused software engineers to build effective custom software that leverages OpenAI’s APIs to solve real customer problems. As an FDSWE, you will work with our customers and OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineers to design and implement scalable solutions that solve their most difficult problems. You will design abstractions to solve customer problems, and then use them to scale our speed and quality of delivery across all Forward Deployed engagements. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Solutions Architects, and Customer Success Managers who work on the same account. …
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