Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov

The role

Forward Deployed Software Engineers lead complex deployments of frontier models in production. You will embed with strategic government and public sector customers to design, build, and ship full-stack solutions.

What you will do

• Own technical delivery across multiple government deployments
• Design and build novel applications powered by OpenAI models
• Deliver observable systems spanning infrastructure through applications
• Prototype and build full-stack systems using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks
• Guide customers on maximizing business and operational value
• Manage relationships with customer leadership and stakeholders
• Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers
• Contribute directly in the code
• Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks
• Share field feedback with Research and Product

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience
• Active TS/SCI clearance or equivalent
• Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous contexts
• Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or similar stacks
• Familiarity with cloud deployment models (Azure, AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, and related infrastructure
• Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models

Nice to have

• engineering or technical deployment experience ideally in customer-facing or government environments

Benefits

• 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. The OpenAI for Government team leverages frontier AI to transform how governments achieve their missions.