AI Deployment Engineer

OpenAI, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As an AI Deployment Engineer at OpenAI, Inc., you will be at the forefront of enabling developers and enterprises to harness the power of our advanced AI models, ensuring their success in building scalable, production-ready applications. This role is pivotal in bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI technology and real-world business impact, guiding customers from initial concept through development, deployment, and scaling.
• Your day-to-day will involve deeply embedding with our most strategic and high-impact platform customers, acting as their trusted technical thought partner. You will collaborate closely with them to ideate and build novel applications that leverage the OpenAI API, proactively offering guidance to maximize the business value and accelerate their time-to-market. A significant part of your role will include experimenting with and prototyping solutions directly with and for your customers, demonstrating the tangible benefits of our platform.
• You will be responsible for forging and managing strong relationships with customer leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring the seamless deployment and successful scaling of their AI-driven applications. This involves understanding their business objectives and translating them into technical strategies. Furthermore, you will contribute to the growth of our developer and enterprise resources by actively participating in our open-source initiatives. This includes sharing your expertise, codifying best practices, and publishing valuable notebooks to both internal and external repositories, thereby empowering a wider community of AI practitioners.
• A critical aspect of your role will be to validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to our Product and Research teams. Your insights, derived from direct customer interactions and project experiences, will be instrumental in shaping the future development of OpenAI's API and models. You will also leverage your programming expertise, specifically in Python and Javascript, to build and refine solutions.
• The Technical Success team at OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that developers and enterprises achieve maximum benefits, value, and adoption from our API platform. We work with a diverse range of customers, from agile early-stage startups to established global enterprises, helping them navigate the complexities of AI deployment. By partnering closely with these customers, you will play a crucial role in showcasing the transformative potential of AI and driving innovation across various industries.
• This position offers a unique opportunity to work on some of the most novel and creative use cases being developed with our API. You will be a key conduit for collecting and delivering high-fidelity feedback to our Product and Research teams, directly influencing the direction of AI development. Your work will directly contribute to OpenAI's mission of ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
• You will have the chance to scale the AI Deployment Engineering function by actively sharing your knowledge, documenting best practices, and creating reusable code assets. This knowledge sharing extends to publishing notebooks to our internal and external repositories, fostering a collaborative environment and accelerating learning across the organization. Your ability to own problems end-to-end and acquire new knowledge as needed will be crucial for the success of both your team and our customers.
• The role demands a proactive approach to identifying opportunities for maximizing customer business value through the strategic application of the OpenAI API. You will need to be adept at frequent context switching, managing multiple projects simultaneously with expansive ownership, and ruthlessly prioritizing tasks to ensure maximum impact. Your ability to navigate ambiguity with ease and thrive in dynamic environments will be key to your success.
• OpenAI is a leading AI research and deployment company committed to advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of all humanity. We are at the forefront of AI capabilities, focusing on safe and responsible deployment through our products. Our commitment to safety and human needs is paramount, and we value diverse perspectives to achieve our mission.
• This role is based in Tokyo, Japan, and operates on a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days in the office per week. Relocation assistance is provided for new employees, making this an attractive opportunity for international candidates seeking to contribute to the future of AI.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of technical consulting or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Python and Javascript.
• Fluent in both Japanese and English.

🏖️ Benefits

• Hybrid work model (3 days in office per week).
• Relocation assistance for new employees.
• Opportunity to work on novel and creative AI use cases.
• Contribute to shaping the future of AI development at a leading organization.

Skills & Technologies

Python

JavaScript

Hybrid

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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