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OpenAI · 1 day ago

Solutions Engineer, Startups

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$220K/yr - $280K/yr

5+ years exp

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Solutions Engineer will partner closely with startups to build novel applications on the OpenAI API, guiding them from concept to production and delivering insights to enhance the platform's performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner closely with startups as their technical thought partner to build novel applications on our API, helping them move rapidly from initial concept to production at scale

Create and deliver repeatable guidance for the broader startup ecosystem by publishing best practices, sample apps, deployment patterns, and technical playbooks, and by leading workshops, office hours, hackathons, and founder roundtables

Collaborate with Product and Research to ensure our models and platform continue to deliver frontier-level performance on real startup workloads

Synthesize high-fidelity product and model feedback from a broad portfolio of startups and translate it into clear, prioritized requirements that shape our roadmap

Qualification

PythonJavaScriptAI/LLM best practicesAPI platform experienceProblem ownershipProject prioritizationTeam collaboration

Required

5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ML engineer or equivalent, ideally in a startup environment; experience as a founder or founding engineer is highly valued

Passion for startups and a belief in their potential to become future large enterprises

Proficient in Python, JavaScript, and a strong grasp of AI/LLM best practices

Built and/or delivered prototypes on top of our API platform

Can proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers' business value through leveraging the OpenAI API

Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done

Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed

Are an effective, high throughput operator who can drive multiple concurrent projects and prioritize ruthlessly

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Company

OpenAI

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.

Founded in 2015

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.openai.com

H1B Sponsorship

OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (1)

2024 (1)

2023 (1)

2022 (18)

2021 (10)

2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$79B

Key Investors

The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital

2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B

2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B

2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B

Leadership Team

Sam Altman

CEO & Co-Founder

Greg Brockman

President, Chairman, & Co-Founder

Recent News

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