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Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups)

About the TeamThe Applied AI Engineering team partners closely with customers to help them move from experimentation to production with OpenAI’s technologies. We act as trusted technical advisors, working across customer strategy, architect

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco; Mountain View

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-31T13:54:24.84+00:00

OpenAI is hiring a manager to lead the Startups segment of its Applied AI Engineering team, which helps high-growth companies move frontier AI from experimentation into production. The job spans team leadership, strategy and operating model, technical escalation with founders and CTOs, and building repeatable playbooks, starter packs and reference architectures, alongside Sales, Product, Engineering and Research. The posting asks for startup founding or scaling experience, a record leading customer-facing technical teams, and depth in APIs, AI/ML systems and developer workflows. Hybrid, in San Francisco or Mountain View.