Currently tracking 199 active AI roles, down 29% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $230k–$555k (avg $372k).
OpenAI currently has 235 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are in the application stage, accounting for 32% of the total, followed closely by the agents stage at 29%. The dominant function for hiring is Engineering, with 168 positions. Frequent tech tags include model_serving, evals, and agent_orchestration, suggesting a focus on deploying and managing AI models. In the last 30 days, OpenAI posted 50 new AI roles, representing a 14% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
OpenAI currently has 254 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: AI Deployment Engineer (4), Partner AI Deployment Engineer - AWS (4), AI Deployment Engineer - Startups (3), AI Deployment Engineer- Codex (3), AI Deployment Engineer, Startups (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
OpenAI's active AI hiring is concentrated in: application (33%), agents (28%), serving infrastructure (10%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
OpenAI is hiring AI talent in: United States (203 roles), United Kingdom (14 roles), Japan (6 roles), Germany (5 roles).
Job postings at OpenAI most frequently reference: model serving, agent orchestration, evals, llm observability, inference infra.
In the past 30 days, OpenAI has posted 56 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Deployment Engineer | Codex AI Deployment Engineer focused on helping customers adopt OpenAI's coding tools (Codex) by guiding them in integrating Codex into their projects and workflows, designing and validating advanced AI workflows, and building demos and integrations. The role involves technical consulting, customer-facing leadership, and contributing to product strategy. | Ship | 9 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Paris This role focuses on deploying frontier AI models into production systems for strategic customers, involving end-to-end ownership from discovery and scoping to system design, build, and rollout. The engineer will partner with customer teams, contribute code, build full-stack systems, and provide feedback to improve models and product roadmaps, measuring success through adoption and impact. | Agent |
| 9 |
| AI Deployment Engineer - Startups AI Deployment Engineer focused on working with strategic startup customers to optimize their use of OpenAI's technology, identify failure modes, and translate learnings into product improvements and better model behavior. The role involves prototyping prompts/agents, designing evaluations, and building repeatable tools to improve AI systems. | AgentEval Gate | 8 |
| Solutions Engineer, Digital Natives Pre-sales Solutions Engineer for Digital Natives customers, focusing on demonstrating business value and guiding AI strategy using ChatGPT and OpenAI API. Role involves technical expertise, architectural recommendations, and customer advocacy. | Ship | 5 |
| Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise Pre-sales Solutions Engineer for OpenAI's Large Enterprise customers, focusing on demonstrating business value through ChatGPT and API, guiding AI strategy, and recommending architectural patterns. Requires strong technical and communication skills, with experience in pre-sales and Generative AI/ML prototypes. | — | 5 |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Paris Software engineers to build effective custom software that leverages OpenAI’s APIs to solve real customer problems. Embed deeply with strategic customers to understand their business challenges and technical requirements in detail. Design, architect, and develop full-stack solutions using an experiment-driven, iterative approach. Prepare detailed scopes of work and project plans for both proof-of-concept prototypes and full production deployments. Work hands-on with customers' technical teams as a technical expert and trusted advisor, coding side-by-side to drive projects to completion on their infrastructure. | — | 5 |
| Account Director, Digital Natives - Israel Account Director for Digital Natives at OpenAI, responsible for driving sales opportunities, managing customer accounts, and achieving revenue targets. This role involves technical understanding, strategic planning, and collaboration with internal teams to help customers leverage AI products. | — | 0 |
| Communications Manager, Southern Europe Communications Manager for OpenAI in Southern Europe, responsible for shaping and executing communications programs for the French market. This role involves localizing global announcements, developing country-specific stories, managing agency workstreams, building media relationships, and supporting communications around product launches and public understanding of AI. The role has a strong business and product communications focus, requiring the ability to translate complex technology into clear narratives for diverse audiences. | — | 0 |