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Forward Deployed Engineer - Stockholm
Backend Developer
• Remote
• Full-time
• 📍 Stockholm
As part of OpenAI's Forward Deployed Engineering team, you'll lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside the most strategic customers — from discovery and technical scoping through system design, build, and production rollout.
Stack
Responsibilities
- ▹Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production
- ▹Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how the team learns
- ▹Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build
- ▹Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early
- ▹Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery
- ▹Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it
- ▹Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use
- ▹Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where models succeed and where they can improve
Requirements
- ▹5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work
- ▹Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments
- ▹Writing and reviewing production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks
- ▹Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models, and understanding how model behavior affects product experience
- ▹Simplifying complexity and making fast, sound decisions under pressure
- ▹Clear communication with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders
- ▹Spotting risks early and adjusting without slowing down
- ▹Willingness to travel up to 50%
Soft skills
Calm and judgment under high-stakes pressureIndependenceAdaptability
What we offer
- ▹Hybrid work model (3 days/week in office, Stockholm)
- ▹Relocation assistance
About the company
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. It is an equal opportunity employer.
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