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FDE jobs at OpenAI

OpenAI's FDE postings apply customer-facing engineering to regulated, enterprise, and early-access AI work.

Later private · About 5,000+ people

53 postings, 10 new in the last 30 days4 metrosmedian posted base $253,000Careers at OpenAI ↗read

53 open FDE roles at OpenAI

Show 47 more titles (48 postings)

33 of 53 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it.

Compare these roles with pay ranges at other US FDE employers.

How OpenAI describes FDE work

OpenAI's FDE and adjacent deployment postings cover financial services, healthcare, legal, government, startups, and enterprise software. The shared work is building and deploying AI systems in a customer's environment, while the product area changes the domain knowledge, controls, and location.

Mention travel

How often postings mention travel

58% of postings · US 42%

Well above average

Senior or staff level

Senior-level responsibility or above

100% of postings · US 94%

Above average

Require production code

Postings that involve writing production code

87% of postings · US 80%

Above average

Remote allowed

Postings that allow remote work

4% of postings · US 30%

Well below average

Work for external customers

Work done for people outside the company

90% of postings · US 86%

About average

Include pre-sales work

Evaluation or proposal work before a deal

40% of postings · US 24%

Well above average

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OpenAI’s postings allow remote work less often than the US average (4% vs 30%) and involve pre-sales more often (40% vs 24%).

Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →

Pay at OpenAI

Median posted base $253,000 · US senior FDE median $190,000

From 52 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. Compare pay across all OpenAI postings →

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