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Deployment Lead, FDE - SF

OpenAISan FranciscoForward Deployed Engineering
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Salary
$230K – $294K
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Senior · 7+ yrs
Posted
6 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Based in San Francisco, the Deployment Lead, FDE role at OpenAI involves managing complex customer system deliveries and is suited for professionals with extensive technical project management experience. This hybrid position requires working three days per week in the office and up to 50 percent travel to customer sites.

Role Overview

OpenAI seeks a Deployment Lead for the Forward Deployed Engineering team to bridge research breakthroughs and production systems. The professional in this position oversees end-to-end delivery, translates business goals into actionable technical plans, and guides execution across engineering, research, and customer teams.

Key Responsibilities

Own the technical delivery plan for multiple interdependent work streams by establishing roadmaps with milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
Direct day-to-day engineering execution across OpenAI and customer teams to maintain progress and manage scope trade-offs.
Embed with customer teams to map workflows, shape integrations, and lead onboarding, adoption, and change management.
Coordinate with Product and Research teams to align platform and research work streams with deployment goals.
Codify solution patterns, package field signals, and establish value cases, ROI metrics, and KPIs for executive sponsors.

Requirements

Bring 7 or more years of customer-facing technical delivery leadership experience.
Track record of leading complex, high-stakes customer engagements, ideally involving artificial intelligence.
Ability to navigate high ambiguity environments and translate complex workflows into shipped systems.
Technical fluency to pressure-test architectures, discuss technical details, and make sequencing trade-offs.
Experience shipping AI or LLM systems with an understanding of solution patterns and production pitfalls.
Willingness to travel up to 50 percent for onsite customer collaboration.

Skills and Tools

AI systems
LLM systems
Production deployment tools and frameworks

Salary and Benefits

Salary range of $230K to $294K
Equity offerings
Relocation assistance

About the Company

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The organization operates under a hybrid work model and maintains equal opportunity employment policies.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid work model requiring three days in the office per week and up to 50 percent travel.

What is the salary and compensation for this position?

The salary ranges from $230K to $294K, and the position includes offers of equity and relocation assistance.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must bring 7 or more years of customer-facing technical delivery leadership experience.

What level of travel is expected?

Travel up to 50 percent is required, as the role involves being onsite with customers to accelerate delivery.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official OpenAI careers page.

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