AI Deployment Engineer, Startups

About The Team

The AI Deployment Engineering team at OpenAI is dedicated to the safe and effective deployment of Generative AI applications for developers and enterprises. They serve as trusted advisors, helping customers build effective backlogs of GenAI use cases within their industries and driving them to production through robust technical guidance. OpenAI's customer base spans from early-stage startups to established global enterprises.

About The Role

OpenAI is seeking a technically proficient, business-minded AI Deployment Engineer, Startups to advance the frontier of advanced AI with strategic startup customers. In this role, you will collaborate with some of the most innovative AI startups globally, guiding them through ideation, development, delivery, and scaling. Your goal will be to accelerate and maximize the value they build on the OpenAI platform. You will engage with novel and creative use cases built on the API, providing critical high-fidelity product and model feedback internally. This position involves close collaboration with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams, reporting to the Startups Solutions Architecture Lead.

This role will be based remotely in Bangalore.

In This Role, You Will

• Partner closely with strategic startup customers as their technical thought partner to build novel applications on the OpenAI API, helping them rapidly move from ideation to scale.
• Provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact and accelerate application development.
• Experiment and prototype alongside customers, demonstrating practical use cases.
• Contribute to open-source resources and scale the function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing useful resources.
• Synthesize and deliver valuable feedback to the Product and Research teams.
• Build relationships within the startup ecosystem, serving as a technical partner to both individual customers and the broader community.

You’ll Thrive In This Role If You

• Have 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.
• Have passion for startups and a belief in their potential to become future large enterprises.
• Are 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.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company committed to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company pushes the boundaries of AI system capabilities and aims to safely deploy them globally through its products. Believing AI is a powerful tool, OpenAI focuses on creating it with safety and human needs at its core, valuing diverse perspectives to achieve its mission.

Key skills/competency

• Generative AI
• Machine Learning Engineering
• Startup Engagement
• API Integration
• Python
• JavaScript
• LLM Best Practices
• Solution Architecture
• Technical Prototyping
• Customer Success