Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Embed deeply with strategic customers to understand their business challenges and technical requirements in detail
• ▹Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions using an experiment-driven, iterative approach
• ▹Prepare detailed scopes of work and project plans for both proof-of-concept prototypes and full production deployments
• ▹Work hands-on with customers' technical teams as a technical expert and trusted advisor, coding side-by-side to drive projects to completion on their infrastructure
• ▹Collaborate with Product, Research, and Applied teams to ensure seamless customer experiences, project success, and actionable product feedback
• ▹Contribute to internal knowledge bases, codifying best practices and sharing insights gained from customer engagements

Requirements

• ▹7+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience (excluding internships) at tech and product-driven companies — customer-facing experience highly desirable
• ▹Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
• ▹A bias for action and willingness to work iteratively with customers to deliver the right solution

Nice to have

• ▹Former founder or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Relocation assistance
• ▹Hybrid work model (3 days in office per week)

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company pushes the boundaries of AI capabilities and seeks to safely deploy them to the world through its products.