Skip to content
Solutions Architect – Startups
| Company | OpenAI |
|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
|---|
| Salary | $220000 – $280000 |
|---|
| Type | Full-Time |
|---|
| Degrees | |
|---|
| Experience Level | Senior |
|---|
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ML engineer or equivalent, ideally in a startup environment; experience as a founder or founding engineer is highly valued.
- Proficient in Python, JavaScript, and a strong grasp of AI/LLM best practices.
- Built and/or delivered prototypes on top of our API platform.
- Can proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers’ business value through leveraging the OpenAI API.
- Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you’re missing to get the job done.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with strategic startup customers as their technical thought partner to build novel applications on our API, helping them rapidly move from ideation to scale.
- Provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact and accelerate application development.
- Experiment and prototype alongside customers, demonstrating practical use cases.
- Contribute to open-source resources and scale the function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing useful resources.
- Synthesize and deliver valuable feedback to the Product and Research teams.
- Build relationships within the startup ecosystem, serving as a technical partner to both individual customers and the broader community.
Preferred Qualifications
- Have passion for startups and a belief in their potential to become future large enterprises.
- Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
- Are an effective, high throughput operator who can drive multiple concurrent projects and prioritize ruthlessly.
