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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, Startups AI Deployment Engineer focused on working with strategic startup customers to optimize their AI systems, prototype prompts/agents, and translate customer feedback into reproducible evaluations and product improvements for OpenAI's research and products. The role involves deep technical engagement, understanding system behavior, and building relationships within the startup ecosystem. | AgentEval Gate | 9 |
| AI Deployment Engineer, Codex | Singapore AI Deployment Engineer focused on helping customers adopt OpenAI's coding tools (Codex) by acting as a technical partner, guiding integration, designing workflows, and building demos and automations. The role involves customer-facing leadership, technical architecture, and product strategy, with a focus on accelerating software development lifecycle through AI. |
| Ship |
| 8 |
| Technical Deployment Lead - Singapore OpenAI is seeking a founding Technical Deployment Lead in Singapore to define and own the delivery of complex AI systems to customers. This role involves translating business outcomes into technical plans, managing day-to-day execution across engineering and customer teams, and ensuring successful adoption and measurable value delivery. The TDL will partner with Product and Research to guide the roadmap based on field insights and codify reusable patterns and evaluations. | Ship | 8 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Singapore This role focuses on leading end-to-end deployments of frontier AI models in production for strategic customers, building full-stack systems, and driving adoption. It involves technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, with a strong emphasis on customer collaboration and measurable impact. | ShipAgent | 8 |
| AI Deployment Engineering Manager, Startups Manager for AI Deployment Engineering team focused on supporting fast-moving, high-growth startup customers to move from experimentation to production with OpenAI's technologies. This role involves team leadership, technical guidance, customer strategy, and cross-functional influence to help startups realize impact from frontier AI. | Ship | 7 |
| Lead, Builder AI Deployment Manager Lead a team responsible for enabling enterprise customers to successfully deploy and adopt OpenAI products, focusing on technical leadership, customer enablement, and people management. The role involves shaping scalable enablement programs for operationalizing AI technologies, partnering with Sales, Technical Success, and Product teams, and driving customer activation and business value. | Agent | 7 |
| AI Deployment Engineer AI Deployment Engineer role focused on helping enterprise customers integrate and deploy Generative AI applications using OpenAI's API and models. The role involves strategic guidance, technical leadership, building prototypes, and ensuring successful production deployment. | Agent | 7 |