Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov

Job summary

Responsibilities

Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) lead complex deployments of frontier models in production. You will embed with our most strategic government and public sector customers—where model performance matters, delivery is urgent, and ambiguity is the default.

• Own technical delivery across multiple government deployments, from first prototype to stable production.
• Deeply embed with public sector customers to design and build novel applications powered by OpenAI models.
• Enable successful deployments across customer environments by delivering observable systems spanning infrastructure through applications.
• Prototype and build full-stack systems using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks that deliver real mission impact.
• Proactively guide customers on maximizing business and operational value from their applications.

Tech stack

• Python
• Azure
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Terraform