Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London
OpenAI
OpenAI is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer in London to collaborate with customers and develop custom software solutions leveraging OpenAI's APIs. The role involves deep customer engagement, full-stack development, and close collaboration with various teams to ensure successful project delivery and customer satisfaction.
Qualification
- 7+ years of professional full stack engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies.
- Customer-facing experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL.
- Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch is a plus.
- Have a bias for action and willingness to work iteratively with your customers to deliver the right solution that solves their problem.
Responsibility
- Embed deeply with strategic customers to understand their business challenges and technical requirements in detail.
- Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions using an experiment-driven, iterative approach.
- Prepare detailed scopes of work and project plans for both proof-of-concept prototypes and full production deployments.
- Work hands-on with customers' technical teams as a technical expert and trusted advisor, coding side-by-side to drive projects to completion on their infrastructure.
- Collaborate with Product, Research and Applied teams to ensure seamless customer experiences, project success and actionable product feedback.
- Contribute to internal knowledge bases, codifying best practices and sharing insights gained from customer engagements to scale the Forward Deployed Engineering function.
