Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple government deployments, from first prototype to stable production.
• Deeply embed with public sector customers to design and build novel applications powered by OpenAI models.
• Enable successful deployments across customer environments by delivering observable systems spanning infrastructure through applications.
• Prototype and build full-stack systems using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks that deliver real mission impact.
• Proactively guide customers on maximizing business and operational value from their applications.
• Forge and manage relationships with customer leadership and stakeholders, ensuring successful deployment and scale.
• Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early—making trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality.
• Contribute directly in the code when clarity or momentum depends on it.
• Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks others can use.
• Share field feedback with Research and Product to influence model and product development.
• Keep teams moving through clarity, judgment, and consistent follow-through.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, ideally in customer-facing or government environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance or equivalent.
• Scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous contexts.
• Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend, using Python, JavaScript, or similar stacks.
• Familiar with cloud deployment models (Azure, AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, and related infrastructure.
• Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models, and understand how model behavior affects product experience.
• Simplify complexity, make fast, sound decisions under pressure, and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Spot risks early, adjust without slowing down, and model calm judgment when stakes are high.
• Humble, collaborative, and eager to help others with empathy.
• Operate with high horsepower, thrive in dynamic environments, and can ruthlessly prioritize across multiple projects.