AI Deployment Engineer, Startups
Core
Partner with frontier startups to optimize AI workflows, debug systems, and translate usage patterns into reproducible evaluations that improve OpenAI's research and products.
Role type
Senior IC AI Deployment Engineer (Startup Strategy)
Builds
Reproducible evaluation systems, technical artifacts, and workflow prototypes for strategic startup customers
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Startup Ecosystem
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Software engineering fundamentals, AI/ML fundamentals, experience shipping production systems end-to-end, prompt engineering, agent design, evaluation design, system debugging, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience as a technical founder or early-stage startup engineer, familiarity with model training pipelines, reinforcement learning experience
Technologies
LLMs, Agents, Evaluation Frameworks, Python, Cloud Infrastructure
Responsibilities
Work directly with startup customers to uncover failure modes and identify high-impact improvement opportunities; Prototype and iterate on prompts, agents, and workflow designs; Synthesize usage patterns into reproducible evals and benchmarks; Build repeatable tools and patterns to raise quality bars across use cases; Operate with strong judgment in ambiguous environments to balance immediate problem-solving with long-term system improvement; Build relationships within the startup ecosystem as a technical partner
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic impact
