OpenAI · 1 day ago
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$345K/yr - $345K/yr
8+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As an FDE manager, you’ll lead a team in delivering production systems and own technical and business value outcomes, partnering closely with various departments to influence roadmap priorities and support safe deployment at scale.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of FDE delivering production systems with frontier models
Own end-to-end delivery outcomes through clarity, speed, tight coordination, and technical quality
Codify what works into tools, playbooks, and roadmap inputs that create leverage for both OpenAI and our wider developer community
Notice early indicators and raise them with urgency, whether in product behavior, customer environments, or delivery practices
Use judgement to distinguish what requires action and what does not
Set a high bar for FDE performance and support each person’s growth through direct, actionable feedback
Define how we staff and support field teams that can scale without added complexity
Qualification
Required
8+ years of engineering or technical delivery experience, including 2+ years managing high-performing FDE or customer-facing engineers
Led high-pressure technical projects from prototype to production
Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Javascript or Python
Simplify complex work and make fast, sound decisions under pressure
Elevate team performance through clarity, not process
Operate with urgency in ambiguous or evolving environments
Translate field experience into sharp, actionable feedback for Product and Research
Build deep trust with your team by modeling calm, focus, and judgment when it matters most
Benefits
Relocation assistance
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey 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
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