> 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 Security Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcff69fd10c25847 OpenAI posts a FDE role to integrate and configure the product in Washington, DC, at $266,000–$445,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Forward-deployed security engineer responsible for securing OpenAI technology deployments serving strategic public-sector customers, from design through production and ongoing operations. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) Posted May 21, 2026 by OpenAI · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$266,000–$445,000** + equity Washington, DC Hybrid Full-time Forward-deployed security engineer responsible for securing OpenAI technology deployments serving strategic public-sector customers, from design through production and ongoing operations. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fdcff69fd10c25847&placement=top) - [View posting at OpenAI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/89d61ae8-1ce1-4187-9edd-da8029979e41/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 $266K–$445K Above the median Midpoint $356K · median $190K This job $266K to $445K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. [Compare pay across all OpenAI postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/openai) ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** security engineering Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. 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[What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Washington, DC - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Preferred Washington DC; may consider remote; travel to customer sites required. - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Full Stack Engineer Manager (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3a0bc3b034736923) New York, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [Second Front Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/second-front-systems) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation Focus](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a389d79760f752c) US Remote 4mo ago $160,000–$190,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Senior Delivery Consultant – Emerging Tech, WWPS ProServe](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/032356642b5c9d07) Denver, CO · Arlington, VA · +1 more 2mo ago $153,600–$207,800 - [Other jobs at OpenAI (52)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ## The job description from OpenAI Posted by OpenAI on May 21, 2026 ### About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products. We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI. Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture. ### About the Role Our technologies support some of the most important and impactful work in the world, including our strategic and high-impact customers in the public sector. As a Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDSecE) you will be responsible for securing these novel applications of OpenAI’s technology. We’re looking for motivated, tenacious, and curious people who will work closely with engineering teams to ensure our infrastructure deployments are highly secure against our adversaries. As an FDSecE, you will embed directly throughout the lifecycle, working on-site and being hands-on to ensure the overall security of these deployments from design to production and through ongoing operations. This role is preferred to be based in Washington DC but may consider remote work. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. Travel to and working from customer sites is required for this role. ### In this role, you will - Deeply embed with our most strategic public sector customers to implement and maintain robust security controls. - Be a design and technical thought partner by leveraging security expertise on protective controls including access controls, authentication, encryption, network, and system security. - Collaborate closely with teammates, cross-functional teams, customers, and service providers to achieve security and compliance goals. - Ensure continuity of critical security and monitoring controls through routine security assessments, threat monitoring, and security validation exercises. ### You might thrive in this role if you have - An active US security clearance. - 5+ years of security engineering experience, with an emphasis on infrastructure security, application security, network security, datacenter security, and systems engineering. - Familiarity with deployment models, including to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and the underlying infrastructure primitives (Kubernetes, Terraform) - Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar. - A proven track record of developing high-quality, scalable, and secure infrastructure. - Experience with security operations including insider threat monitoring, network/endpoint detection and response, or red team or penetration testing operations. - Comprehensive knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures. - The ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross-functional team environment. - Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease. ### About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations. To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link. OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology. [View posting at OpenAI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/89d61ae8-1ce1-4187-9edd-da8029979e41/application) ## About OpenAI Builds frontier AI models and ships them through ChatGPT consumer and enterprise products, Codex, and developer APIs. 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