# Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $185K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/967f94aa-1706-4dba-ac89-bfbc2c38b688
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-forward-deployed-engineer-fde-sf/

## About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams.

Tags: Forward Deployed Engineering