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ManagerFull-timeJavaScriptPythonJavaRustAWSAI
Salary Range
$163,200 - $220,800 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to join OpenAI’s team. This role involves leading high-stakes customer deployments and owning technical and business value outcomes end to end. You will grow a team that can operate under pressure and help OpenAI learn from the field.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead and grow a team of FDE delivering production systems with frontier models
- →Own end-to-end delivery outcomes through clarity, speed, tight coordination, and technical quality
- →Codify what works into tools, playbooks, and roadmap inputs that create leverage for both OpenAI and our wider developer community
- →Notice early indicators and raise them with urgency, whether in product behavior, customer environments, or delivery practices
- →Use judgment to distinguish what requires action and what does not
- →Set a high bar for FDE performance and support each person’s growth through direct, actionable feedback
- →Define how we staff and support field teams that can scale without added complexity
Requirements
- ✓8+ years of engineering or technical delivery experience, including 2+ years managing high-performing FDE or customer-facing engineers
- ✓Experience leading high-pressure technical projects from prototype to production
- ✓Ability to write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using JavaScript or Python
- ✓Ability to simplify complex work and make fast, sound decisions under pressure
- ✓Experience elevating team performance through clarity, not process
- ✓Ability to operate with urgency in ambiguous or evolving environments
- ✓Experience translating field experience into sharp, actionable feedback for Product and Research
- ✓Ability to build deep trust with your team by modeling calm, focus, and judgment when it matters most
