OpenAI

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer: OpenAI
Location: San Francisco, CA
Seniority: Leadership
Experience asked for: 8+ years
Pay band: $280K – $335K

When we saw it

Posted 2026-07-15 — the date the employer published it
Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

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team leadershipend-to-end deliverycodify toolsearly indicatorsperformance standardsteam growthteam supportjavascriptpython

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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