Solutions Engineer

OpenAI OpenAI · AI Frontier · Seoul, South Korea · Go To Market

Solutions Engineer role focused on partnering with customers to ensure they achieve tangible business value from OpenAI's models (API and ChatGPT business product). Responsibilities include understanding pre-sales needs, guiding AI strategy, identifying use cases, demonstrating value, recommending architectural patterns, and handling security/compliance questions. This role is customer-facing and requires strong communication and problem-solving skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Deliver an exceptional pre-sales customer experience.
  2. Provide technical expertise in the pre-sales process, outlining the value proposition, clarifying technical requirements, and answering product-related questions.
  3. Demonstrate how the ChatGPT business product can provide solutions to customers’ business needs and deliver value, including (but not limited to) demos, use case scoping, and proof of concepts.
  4. Serve as the first line of defense for security and compliance questions, explaining standardized collateral, guiding customers toward relevant resources (e.g. trust portal), and escalating complex requirements to the appropriate teams.
  5. Create and maintain documentation, guides, and FAQs related to common questions and requirements discovered during the pre-sales process.

Skills

Required

  • Solutions Engineering
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Technical Sales
  • AI Strategy Guidance
  • Use Case Identification
  • Architectural Pattern Recommendation
  • Security and Compliance Support
  • Presentation Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Problem-Solving
  • Context Switching
  • Project Management

Nice to have

  • Experience with OpenAI API
  • Experience with ChatGPT business product
  • Experience with enterprise SaaS products

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of experience in a Solutions Engineer (or similar) role
  • managing relationships with large, global, and complex organizations
  • working with a technical enterprise product
  • solid track record of delivering and scaling an exceptional pre-sales customer experience
  • experience providing higher level security and compliance support
  • thorough understanding and knowledge of IT security principles and customer requirements for similar technical B2B SaaS products
  • exceptional presentation and communication skills
  • personally committed to fostering the safe and ethical evolution of AI