# Partner AI Deployment Engineer

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $197k – $278k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, OpenAI API, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Prototyping, Solutions Architecture, API Integrations
**Posted:** 2025-08-27

> Leads technical engagements with systems integrators to deploy Generative AI solutions, identifies high-value use cases, builds prototypes using OpenAI API, and accelerates partner adoption. Requires 8+ years technical consulting, Python/JavaScript experience, and ML implementation expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Deeply embed with GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs as the technical lead, serving as their technical thought partner to ideate and build novel applications on our API for their customers.
- Work with senior SI and customer stakeholders to identify the best applications of GenAI in their industry and to build/qualify a comprehensive backlog to support their AI roadmap.
- Intervene directly to accelerate customer time to value through building hands-on prototypes and/or by delivering impactful strategic guidance.
- Forge and manage relationships with SI and customer stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment and scale of their applications.
- Codify solution packages and architectural patterns to accelerate time to deployment for customers and partners.
- Lead technical support during partners' initial projects to ensure successful implementations and mentor their technical teams towards self-sufficiency in delivering OpenAI-powered solutions.
- Scale the Partner Solutions Architect function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, contributing resources to our open-source repositories, and publishing resources to internal and external knowledge bases.
- Validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to the Product and Research teams.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience, managing C-level technical and business relationships with complex global organizations.
- Led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders, ideally within or through an SI.
- Industry experience in programming languages like **Python** or **Javascript**.
- Led complex implementations of Generative AI and/or traditional ML solutions.
- Built and/or delivered prototypes using the **OpenAI API**.
- Effective presenter and communicator who can translate business and technical topics to all audiences, including senior leaders.
- Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
- Humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.

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