OpenAI

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer - Tokyo

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

Employer: OpenAI
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Seniority: Leadership
Experience asked for: Not stated
Pay band: Not disclosed
Team: Forward Deployed Engineering

When we saw it

Posted 2026-07-21 — the date the employer published it
First seen 2026-07-27 — 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 As a foundational FDE manager, you’ll lead FDE through high-stakes, ambiguous customer deployments and own technical and business value outcomes end to end. You’ll grow a team that can operate under pressure and help OpenAI learn from the field. You’ll partner closely with Product, Research, Sales, and GTM to ensure fieldwork informs roadmap priorities, drives new exploration, and supports safe deployment at scale. Your decisions will influence how OpenAI is trusted by the customers closest to our deployment work. …

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