> 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. # Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/465d1561603a9449 OpenAI Deployment Company posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in San Francisco, CA and 1 more, at $170,000–$400,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,868 postings with pay. Leads high-stakes enterprise AI deployments end to end, owning technical execution and customer business outcomes while shaping deployment strategy and reusable capabilities. Read from the employer’s posting on November 9, 2026. - [OpenAI Deployment Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) Posted Jun 15, 2026 by OpenAI Deployment Company · open on Ashby as of Nov 9, 2026 **$170,000–$400,000** + equity San Francisco, CA +1 Hybrid Full-time Leads high-stakes enterprise AI deployments end to end, owning technical execution and customer business outcomes while shaping deployment strategy and reusable capabilities. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F465d1561603a9449&placement=top) - [View posting at OpenAI Deployment Company](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai-deployment-company/4dee14d2-a346-470a-b0c8-5dd29466ba6e/application) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $170K–$400K Above the median Midpoint $285K · median $190K This job $170K to $400K. Senior FDE postings, 1,868 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Up to 50%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** engineering experience Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA · New York, NY. Could you work in one of these? 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Based in San Francisco or New York City; three days per week in the office. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 50% - **Pay**: ## More like this [Venn](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/venn) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5f5b26d34cf0694b) New York, NY 7w ago $200,000–$400,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Architect, Cyber](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b06e9ce264f77358) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 4mo ago $295,000–$345,000 [YOOBIC](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/yoobic) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - New York](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e8252e9d426c0243) New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago $250,000 - [Other jobs at OpenAI Deployment Company (4)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai-deployment-company) ## The job description from OpenAI Deployment Company Posted by OpenAI Deployment Company on Jun 15, 2026 ### About the Company The OpenAI Deployment Company (“DeployCo”) is the deployment arm of OpenAI, purpose-built to deliver enterprise AI transformation at scale. As model capabilities accelerate, deployment has become the primary constraint to realizing AI value creation within large enterprises. DeployCo bridges that gap. Our ambition is to build the company that defines AI deployment. We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge AI, enterprise transformation, and scaled services delivery. We partner with enterprise customers to identify where AI can transform their businesses and build solutions leveraging OpenAI’s models and products. We work with many of the world's largest and most influential companies to solve their most complex business challenges using the latest advances in AI. People who thrive at DeployCo get excited about ambitious and complex work. We are deep believers in the future with AI. We execute quickly, value intellectual honesty, and obsess over the solutions we build for our customers. DeployCo is being built from the ground up as a subsidiary of OpenAI and funded with a partnership of outside investors. ### About the Role As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will operate as a technical lead on high-stakes, ambiguous customer deployments and own both technical and business value outcomes end-to-end. You will set the bar for customer engagement and deployments of our technology, helping establish the foundation for OpenAI Deployment. You will ramp quickly toward management responsibilities and help grow a team that can operate under pressure to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers. You will also help shape how AI can be leveraged to drive real-world impact, as well as how the team organizes to deliver that impact. You will partner closely with OpenAI’s core functions to ensure field work informs roadmap priorities, drives new exploration, and supports safe deployment at scale. This role is based in San Francisco or New York City. We use a hybrid work model with three days per week in the office and offer relocation assistance. This role will also require up to 50% travel. ### In this role, you will - Act as the technical lead for customer engagements, owning problems end-to-end from definition to resolution - Operate with strong agency, delivering outcomes through clarity, speed, tight coordination, and high technical quality - Guide deployment strategy and help define DeployCo’s operating model for swift, safe execution - Define and build deployment primitives that increase both customer impact and engagement velocity - Operate as a player-coach, setting a high bar for execution while helping grow the team through direct, actionable feedback - Codify successful patterns into tools, playbooks, and roadmap inputs that create leverage for DeployCo - Identify early signals and escalate them with urgency—whether in product behavior, customer environments, or delivery practices ### You may thrive in this role if you - Bring 4+ years of engineering experience - Have 0→1 experience building reusable capabilities under ambiguity, and can make disciplined standardization-versus-customization decisions instead of defaulting to bespoke work - Have led high-pressure technical projects from prototype to production - Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using JavaScript or Python - Simplify complex work and make fast, sound decisions under pressure - Elevate team performance through clarity rather than process overhead - Operate with urgency in ambiguous or evolving environments - Translate field experience into clear, actionable feedback for Product and Research - Build deep trust with teammates by modeling calm, focus, and strong judgment when it matters most [View posting at OpenAI Deployment Company](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai-deployment-company/4dee14d2-a346-470a-b0c8-5dd29466ba6e/application) ## About OpenAI Deployment Company OpenAI-controlled enterprise AI deployment company that embeds engineers with organizations to design, build, and scale reliable AI systems in critical workflows. 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