OpenAI
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
$146K–$280K
Washington, DC +2 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC
Seattle
San Francisco - Experience
- 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience.
About the job
Leads customer-embedded deployments of OpenAI models for government and public-sector customers, building production systems and guiding adoption at scale.
What you'll do
- Own delivery of government deployments from prototype through stable production, including full-stack development and infrastructure.
- Partner with customer stakeholders to scope work, guide adoption, and maximize mission impact.
- Create reusable tools and practices, and share customer feedback with Research and Product.
What they ask for
- Active TS/SCI clearance or equivalent.
- Production-grade frontend and backend coding experience with Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.
- Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
- Familiarity with cloud deployment models, Kubernetes, Terraform, and related infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience in customer-facing or government environments.
- Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
Pay
$145.8K – $280K USD base salary
Tools
Python, JavaScript, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
AI focus
Build and deploy applications powered by OpenAI models, including LLMs or generative models, and guide their adoption in government environments.
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