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Applied AI Architect, Government

About the TeamThe OpenAI for Government AI Architect team partners with public sector organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with government agencies, public institutions, and partner

Company

OpenAI

Location

Washington, DC

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-01T02:47:02.971+00:00

OpenAI is hiring an Applied AI Architect for its government team — a client-facing role based in Washington, DC, hybrid at three days a week in the office. The architect owns technical strategy for a named portfolio of public sector accounts, leading discovery, designing architectures spanning models, data, integration, identity and security, and guiding evaluations through to production adoption. The posting asks for solutions architecture experience, government or contractor familiarity, cloud and API foundations, and work with modern AI systems including agentic applications, evaluation and retrieval, plus Python or JavaScript.