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Software Engineer, Gov

OpenAI, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022

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Join the engineering teams that bring OpenAI’s ideas safely to the world! The Applied Engineering team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI’s technology to consumers and businesses. We are looking for an outcome-oriented Software Engineer to deeply partner with our most strategic and high-impact customers in the public sector. In this role, you will take on various roles, actively coding and leveraging your software engineering experience throughout the stages of application ideation, development, delivery, and scaling. This role is based in Washington D.C. and San Francisco, CA. Travel to and working from customer sites is required for this role. About The Role

Deeply embed with our most strategic public sector customers, serving as their technical thought partner in ideating and directly developing novel full-stack applications on our platform Leverage your software engineering expertise in Python and JavaScript to create initial prototypes and contribute back durable product features Proactively provide guidance to our customers on how to maximize business impact from their applications, accelerating their time to value Forge and manage relationships with our customers’ leadership and stakeholders to ensure their application’s successful deployment and scale Collaborate closely with public sector teammates and cross-functional teams across the company to strategically drive our platform towards exceeding customer expectations You Might Thrive In This Role If You

Have 5+ years of software engineering experience, with an emphasis on customer-facing roles Are proficient in Python, Javascript, and relevant technologies Are familiar with deployment models, including to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and the underlying infrastructure primitives (Kubernetes, Terraform) Can proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers’ business value through leveraging the OpenAI API Own outcomes end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done to ensure both your team and our customers succeed Are a skilled communicator adept at explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences with clarity and concision Have led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders Have a humble attitude and an eagerness to help others with empathy Operate with high horsepower, are adept at frequent context switching and working on multiple projects at once with expansive ownership, and ruthlessly prioritize Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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