Partner Applied AI Engineer

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Partner Applied AI Engineer team ensures the safe and effective deployment of Generative AI applications for developers and enterprises.

• Deeply embed with GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs as the technical lead, serving as their technical thought partner to ideate and build novel applications on our API for their customers.
• Work with senior SI and customer stakeholders to identify the best applications of GenAI in their industry and to build/qualify a comprehensive backlog to support their AI roadmap.
• Intervene directly to accelerate customer time to value through building hands-on prototypes and/or by delivering impactful strategic guidance.
• Forge and manage relationships with SI and customer stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment and scale of their applications.
• Codify solution packages and architectural patterns to accelerate time to deployment for customers and partners.
• Lead technical support during partners' initial projects to ensure successful implementations and mentor their technical teams towards self-sufficiency in delivering OpenAI-powered solutions.
• Scale the Partner Solutions Architect function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, contributing resources to our open-source repositories, and publishing resources to internal and external knowledge bases.
• Validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to the Product and Research teams.

• 8+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience, managing C-level technical and business relationships with complex global organizations.
• Have led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders, ideally within or through an SI.
• Have industry experience in programming languages like Python or Javascript.
• Have led complex implementations of Generative AI and/or traditional ML solutions.
• Have built and/or delivered prototypes using the OpenAI API.
• Are an effective presenter and communicator who can translate business and technical topics to all audiences, including senior leaders.
• Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
• Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.

• This role is based in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.