Forward Deployed Engineer - London (Spanish-speaking)

Directly deploys LLMs/generative models in production with customer-facing rapid iteration; heavy focus on AI-enabled systems deployment.

About the Role

OpenAI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer based in London to lead end-to-end deployments of frontier models with strategic customers. The role owns discovery, technical scoping, system design, implementation, and production rollout while embedding with customer teams and influencing product and model roadmaps.

Job Description Role

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models into production alongside strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and rollout, partner directly with customer engineering and domain teams, and feed field learnings back into product and research.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from prototype to stable production
• Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and enable learning
• Embed with customer teams to understand needs and guide adoption
• Scope work, sequence delivery, remove blockers, and make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality
• Contribute directly in code when needed and write/review production-grade code
• Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or reusable building blocks
• Share field feedback to help Research and Product improve models and experiences
• Maintain momentum through clarity, follow-through, and risk spotting

Requirements

• 6+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including customer-facing work
• Professional fluency in Spanish and English (required)
• Experience scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments
• Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models, and understanding how model behavior affects product experience
• Strong communication with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders
• Capability to simplify complexity, make fast decisions under pressure, and model calm judgment when stakes are high

Location & Logistics

• Role based in London
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office per week
• Relocation assistance offered
• Travel up to 50% required

Team Context

• The FDE team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems and works closely with Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams.

Skills

System Design Full-stack Development Customer-facing Delivery Technical Scoping Project Management Stakeholder Communication Production Deployment Code Review Risk Management Decision-making Collaboration Bilingual Communication (Spanish/English)

Experience Level

Senior

Employment Type

FullTime

• Relocation assistance
• Hybrid work model (3 days in office per week)
• Up to 50% travel
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities