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OpenAI

AI Deployment Engineer, Startups

OpenAI

Published 12 May 2026
Sydney, Australia
Full Time

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Key skills

AI
Reinforcement Learning
Prompt Engineering
Information Technology
Data Security
Deployment
Startup
Research
Debugging
Machine Learning
ProtoTyping

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

OpenAI

Description

The role involves working directly with strategic startup customers to optimize their systems and improve model behavior. The engineer will prototype and iterate on prompts, agents, and workflow designs to unlock customer value. Responsibilities include synthesizing feedback to create reproducible evaluations, benchmarks, and technical artifacts that inform product and research roadmaps. The position requires building repeatable tools and patterns to raise quality standards across various use cases. The engineer will operate in ambiguous environments to balance immediate technical problem-solving with long-term system improvements.

Required Qualifications and Skills

The role requires strong software engineering and AI fundamentals, with experience as a software engineer, machine learning engineer, or data scientist. Candidates should have experience building AI applications, agents, or evaluation systems and possess the ability to reason about model behavior in complex workflows. Proficiency in shipping production systems end-to-end is considered a strong advantage. No specific degree or professional qualification is explicitly mandated.

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OpenAI

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1136

Founded

HQ

San Francisco, US

Public/Private

Partnership

Description

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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