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OpenAI's AI Deployment Engineering team is seeking a Senior AI Deployment Engineer to work with strategic startup customers in Tokyo. This role bridges technical excellence and business impact, focusing on helping early-stage and growth-stage AI startups build novel applications on OpenAI's API platform.
You will serve as a trusted technical advisor and thought partner to startup customers, guiding them through the full lifecycle from ideation and prototyping through production deployment and scaling. You'll work hands-on with customers to experiment with use cases, demonstrate practical applications, and accelerate their time-to-value on the OpenAI platform. A key part of the role involves synthesizing customer feedback and delivering high-fidelity insights back to OpenAI's Product and Research teams to inform platform development.
You will collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams. Beyond direct customer work, you'll contribute to the broader startup ecosystem by publishing open-source resources, codifying best practices, and building relationships within the Tokyo startup community.
Required qualifications include 5+ years as a software engineer, ML engineer, or equivalent (startup experience or founder/founding engineer background highly valued). You must be proficient in Python and JavaScript with strong knowledge of AI/LLM best practices. Experience building or deploying prototypes on the OpenAI API is essential. You should be able to identify opportunities for maximizing customer business value, own problems end-to-end, and operate effectively across multiple concurrent projects. Fluency in both Japanese and English is required for this Tokyo-based role.
The role operates on a hybrid model with 3 days per week in the office. OpenAI offers relocation assistance for new employees.
