OpenAI
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC
$153K–$325K
New York City · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Dec 10, 2025
- Experience
- 7+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience, excluding internships.
About the job
Build and deploy custom full-stack software using OpenAI APIs to solve customer problems, while developing reusable approaches for customer engagements.
What you'll do
- Embed with strategic customers to understand business challenges and technical requirements, and build solutions alongside their teams.
- Design and develop full-stack solutions; scope and plan proof-of-concept and production deployments.
- Collaborate with internal product and research teams, and share customer feedback and best practices.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience, excluding internships.
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL.
- Willingness to work iteratively with customers to deliver solutions.
Nice to have
- Customer-facing experience is highly desirable.
- Former founder or early startup engineer who built a product from scratch.
Pay
$153K – $325K USD base salary
Tools
OpenAI’s APIs, Postgres, MySQL
AI focus
Build customer solutions using OpenAI APIs and relay customer feedback to Research and Applied Product and Engineering teams.
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