Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Munich

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We are looking for customer-focused software engineers to build effective software that leverages OpenAI’s APIs to solve real customer problems.

• 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.

• 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.

• We offer relocation assistance.
• Travel up to 50% is required.