> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at OpenAI Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai 53 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at OpenAI across 4 US metros. Median posted base pay $253,000. 10 new in the last 30 days. OpenAI's FDE postings apply customer-facing engineering to regulated, enterprise, and early-access AI work. Later private · About 5,000+ people **53 postings, 10 new in the last 30 days** 4 metros median posted base $253,000 [Careers at OpenAI ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 53 open FDE roles at OpenAI ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d2f37618650476) San Francisco, CA Hybrid Yesterday $185,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d2f37618650476) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f19e00cc711f7d8d) New York, NY Hybrid Yesterday $185,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f19e00cc711f7d8d) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5efd2cc66aab827) New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5efd2cc66aab827) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed060b61e687230f) New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed060b61e687230f) 33 of 53 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Fopenai&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How OpenAI describes FDE work OpenAI's FDE and adjacent deployment postings cover financial services, healthcare, legal, government, startups, and enterprise software. The shared work is building and deploying AI systems in a customer's environment, while the product area changes the domain knowledge, controls, and location. Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 58% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. OpenAI: 29 of 50 postings · all postings: 1,380 of 3,286 **58%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. OpenAI: 50 of 50 postings · all postings: 3,005 of 3,212 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 87% against the US average of 80%. Above average. OpenAI: 39 of 45 postings · all postings: 2,554 of 3,183 **87%** of postings · US 80% Above average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 4% against the US average of 30%. Well below average. OpenAI: 2 of 49 postings · all postings: 696 of 2,331 **4%** of postings · US 30% Well below average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 90% against the US average of 86%. About average. OpenAI: 45 of 50 postings · all postings: 2,808 of 3,276 **90%** of postings · US 86% About average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 40% against the US average of 24%. Well above average. OpenAI: 20 of 50 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,273 **40%** of postings · US 24% Well above average 0% 50% 100% OpenAI’s postings allow remote work less often than the US average (4% vs 30%) and involve pre-sales more often (40% vs 24%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Pay at OpenAI Median posted base **$253,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 52 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. [Compare pay across all OpenAI postings →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/openai) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $190,000 9 postings ### [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) New York, NY · Seattle, WA · Menlo Park, CA · +4 · $180,000 6 postings ### [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +16 · $184,000 81 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area, New York metro and Washington, DC area - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 31 OpenAI postings · 482 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in New York metro](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=nyc-metro) · 22 OpenAI postings · 436 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 6 OpenAI postings · 130 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [how FDE roles differ across companies →](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-companies) - [Hiring FDEs like OpenAI? 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