OpenAI

New Grad Forward Deployed Engineer

OpenAI$90K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong computer science fundamentals with practical application in projects or internships.
  • Proven experience in building end-to-end solutions (internships, open source, hackathons, or side projects).
  • Excellent problem-solving skills for complex, high-stakes environments.
  • Customer-focused, skilled at translating business needs into technical solutions.
  • Resourceful, motivated to swiftly overcome challenges with innovative approaches.
  • Passion for working in a fast-paced, early-stage company with a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with customers to understand their workflows and technical needs.
  • Design and deploy tailored solutions integrating Nuvo's platform into customer systems.
  • Build custom features for major clients to address their specific challenges.
  • Work across various teams to communicate field insights and influence product development.
  • Establish yourself as a trusted technical advisor to maximize client value from Nuvo's offerings.

Benefits

  • Mentorship and support in your growth as a professional.
  • Direct engagement with customers to see tangible results of your work.
  • Opportunities to influence product direction based on field insights.
  • Experience working with complex systems in a dynamic environment.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for pragmatic engineers who thrive at the intersection of software development and real-world customer impact. As a new grad Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll work directly with customers, partners, and internal teams to build, integrate, and optimize the mission-critical systems that enable seamless wholesale commerce, with support and mentorship as you ramp. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy fast-paced problem-solving, engaging with customers to understand their needs, and deploying tailored technical solutions in real-world environments. Your work will directly impact how businesses transact, helping them move faster and operate more efficiently.

What You'll Do:

  • Collaborate with customers and customer success to deeply understand customers' workflows, pain points, and technical requirements.
  • Design and deploy customized solutions that integrate Nuvo's platform with customer systems, ensuring seamless adoption and performance.
  • Build custom features for some of Nuvo's largest, most complicated customers to solve their most pressing problems, with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Work cross-functionally with customer success, product, engineering, and business teams, bringing field insights back to shape Nuvo's roadmap.
  • Grow into a trusted technical partner to customers, helping them maximize the value of Nuvo's products.


What You Bring:

  • Strong CS fundamentals plus real evidence of building things end to end (internships, open source, hackathons, or side projects).
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
  • A customer-centric mindset, with the ability to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
  • A drive to figure out the best way to solve a problem. You've hacked systems together quickly and are deeply resourceful.
  • Excitement to thrive in an early-stage company, taking ownership and moving quickly to deliver impact.
  • Curiosity about the technology landscape and awareness of advancements in engineering techniques, systems, and tooling.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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