# Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $162k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, LLMs, Generative Models, Full-Stack Development, System Design, Production Deployment, Frontend, Backend
**Posted:** 2025-11-07

> Leads end-to-end deployments of frontier AI models for strategic customers, owning discovery, scoping, building full-stack systems, and production rollout. Requires 5+ years experience with customer-facing technical work, Python/JavaScript proficiency, and LLM deployment expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production
- Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn
- 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 the models succeed and where they can improve
- Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through

## Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work
- Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments
- Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using **Python**, **JavaScript**, or comparable stacks
- Have built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behaviour affects product experience
- Simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under pressure
- Communicate clearly with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders
- Spot risks early and adjust without slowing down
- Model calm and judgment when the stakes are high

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