OpenAI
Applied AI Engineer, Government
$211K–$302K
Washington, DC · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience with public-sector customers.
About the job
Partners with government customers to develop GenAI strategies and design, prototype, and deploy applications using OpenAI technologies and services.
What you'll do
- Advise public-sector stakeholders on GenAI use cases and build roadmaps and application backlogs.
- Develop prototypes and provide strategic guidance to move government applications from concept through production and scale.
- Share deployment best practices and provide feedback to Product, Engineering, and Research teams.
What they ask for
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- 7+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience with public-sector customers.
- Experience leading GenAI or traditional ML implementations for government agencies with systems integrators and implementation partners.
- Understanding of network and cloud architecture, including on-premise deployments.
Nice to have
- U.S. federal public-sector experience is preferred.
- Industry experience with Python, Go, or Typescript.
Pay
$211K – $302K USD base salary
Tools
OpenAI API, Codex, Python, Go, Typescript
AI focus
Develop and deploy GenAI applications for government, including automated content synthesis, advanced search, and bespoke solutions; the role also includes government ML implementation experience.
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