Forward Deployed Software Engineer

🕒 November 13, 2025

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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OpenAI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

OpenAI is a leading research organization and company dedicated to creating advanced artificial intelligence technology, with a strong emphasis on safety and ethical considerations. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI products like ChatGPT, which can assist users with tasks ranging from everyday requests to complex enterprise solutions. OpenAI also provides an API platform that integrates its AI models into various applications. The company is focused on innovation in AI and improving data analysis capabilities, while emphasizing safety and ethical governance of their systems.

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch is a plus • Experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL • Have a bias for action and willingness to work iteratively with your customers to deliver the right solution that solves their problem.

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance • Travel up to 50% is required