Applied AI Engineer, Digital Natives
Skills
About the role
This is a hybrid Applied AI Engineer role at OpenAI, based in London, working with Digital Native companies to turn AI capabilities into production systems. You'd partner directly with customer product and engineering teams, writing code to build prototypes, evaluation systems and integrations that go from experimentation to production. It suits an engineer with a track record of shipping AI or ML systems in enterprise environments who wants hands-on, customer-facing technical work.
What you’ll do
- Partner with Digital Native customers to scope technical architectures and success criteria
- Design, build and deploy AI systems that solve customer problems
- Build prototypes, evaluation harnesses, integrations and production accelerators
- Make technical decisions on models, agents, retrieval, tools, reliability, cost and security
- Diagnose implementation issues and drive blockers to resolution
- Translate deployment experience into product feedback for OpenAI teams
- Create reusable architectures, tooling and playbooks for future deployments
What they’re looking for
- A track record of designing and delivering AI or ML systems in enterprise environments, prototype to production
- Substantial personal contributions in code, architecture, evaluation or debugging
- High proficiency in Python; experience with JavaScript or TypeScript valuable
- Understanding of how to evaluate AI systems systematically
- Experience with enterprise production requirements such as integrations, security and cost
- Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences
What’s on offer
- Hybrid work model, 3 days per week in the London office
- Relocation assistance for new employees
Questions about this role
Is this role remote?
No, it's hybrid and based in London, with 3 days per week in the office.
What skills are needed?
Strong Python skills and experience shipping AI or ML systems in enterprise settings; JavaScript or TypeScript is a plus.
Does OpenAI offer relocation for this role?
Yes, relocation assistance is offered to new employees.
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